Dinner in the Sky patrons are strapped in and hoisted up into the air to enjoy the sights and dinner in Portugal. (Dinner in the Sky)
Throwing a dinner party or a wedding reception? For some people, the sky’s the limit. And Events in the Sky, an Australian-based company, is catering to those people’s “high” standards.
organizes dinners for everything from business meetings and poker tournaments to weddings and birthday parties, while suspended up to 164 feet high in the sky. A table can seat up to 22 guests—all harnessed to their seats before “take off.”
Of course, weather will be taken into account. According to the company’s website, Events in the Sky offers a weather risk insurance, and an infrared heating system if needed.
The company now operates through partners in more than 30 countries, including the United States. is scheduled to open in Las Vegas this summer, and dinner guests will be hoisted into the air in a location near Interstate 15 and the Tropicana, according to the . Reservations are now being accepted on their website.
“There’s no floor, so your feet will dangle,” Janeen Hinden, Dinner in the Sky Las Vegas chief executive, told the LA Times. “You’re up there sitting in a Formula One racecar seat fastened in. The food is prepared and sent around the table by your chef. It’s just really an incredible dining experience.”
Cost to dine in the sky in Las Vegas will be $290 per person, said Hinden, who also owns two catering companies and a wedding chapel in town, according to the .
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