ATLANTA — An agreement has been made to keep the Skyview Atlanta Ferris wheel in downtown.
A Florida tax collector sued, claiming the previous owners owed back taxes and the Ferris wheel should not have been moved from Pensacola, Florida, to downtown Atlanta.
"This is a vendetta by a public official who's up for re-election in Pensacola, Florida. Pensacola has always been angry that this wonderful icon left their city and came to Atlanta," said Jason Evans, Skyview Atlanta spokesman.
The 200-foot Ferris wheel is owned by a company in Europe, which leases it to operators in different cities.
The group that ran it in Pensacola dissolved after the wheel moved to Atlanta in 2013.
Expo 60 Venture has agreed to pay the full amount of $277,000, which includes taxes, interest, and fees. A payment plan has been arranged with the final payment due in June 2016.
The agreement has yet to be signed and approved by the court.
"We believe this to be a fair and equitable resolution," said Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley.
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