Desperado

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Desperado

Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino
Location	Primm, Nevada, USA
Coordinates	35°36′55″N 115°23′05″W / 35.615227°N 115.384778°W / 35.615227; -115.384778
Status	Standing but not operating
Operated	August 11, 1994 to October 2019
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Statistics

Manufacturer

Arrow Dynamics

Product

Hyper Coaster

Designer / calculations

Ron Toomer

Type

Steel - Hyper

Riders per train

30

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

209 feet

Drop

225 feet

Top speed

80 mph

Length

5843 feet

Inversions

0

Drop angle

60°

Duration

2:43

G-Force

4

Desperado is an Arrow Dynamics steel hyper roller coaster located at Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino in Primm, Nevada, USA. A portion of the roller coaster runs through the interior of the casino. The ride's supports were designed by Ride Centerline.^[1]

History

Desperado opened on August 11, 1994 and was the third hyper coaster to ever be built.

In 1999, magician Lance Burton performed an escape act on the roller coaster. Burton was chained to the roller coaster track and escaped before the train would have hit him.^[2]^[3]

The ride closed in October 2019.

Design

Elements
209 foot tall chain lift hill with a 225 foot drop Tunnel Twisted hill Twisted hill Hill Hill Twisted hill Block brake Tunnel Bunny hill Tunnel Helix Tunnel Bunny hill

Color scheme

Yellow track and beige supports.

Trains

3 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 30 riders per train.

Images

The first hill at night
One of the hills in the first half

References

↑ "Rides List". Ride Centerline. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
↑ Hallyburton, Carole-Anne (1999-02-21). "Lance Burton to try another spectacular trick on Wednesday". The Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
↑ "Burton uses stealth in TV magic special". The Republic. 1999-02-18. Retrieved 2025-02-12.

External links

Desperado on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Desperado on Coaster-Count.

Tallest roller coaster drop tied with Steel Phantom 1994 - July 1996
Preceded by Magnum XL-200	Tallest roller coaster drop tied with Steel Phantom 1994 - July 1996	Succeeded by Fujiyama

Fastest roller coaster tied with Steel Phantom 1994 - July 1996
Preceded by Magnum XL-200	Fastest roller coaster tied with Steel Phantom 1994 - July 1996	Succeeded by Fujiyama

[1] "Rides List". Ride Centerline. Retrieved 2022-04-16.

[2] Hallyburton, Carole-Anne (1999-02-21). "Lance Burton to try another spectacular trick on Wednesday". The Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2025-02-12.

[3] "Burton uses stealth in TV magic special". The Republic. 1999-02-18. Retrieved 2025-02-12.

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