Desperado

Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino · Primm, Nevada, USA

Defunct · 2020Record holder

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Height: 209 ft64 m
Drop: 225 ft69 m
Top speed: 80 mph129 km/h
Length: 5,843 ft1,781 m
Inversions: 0
Track: SteelLift hill
Opened: 1994
Status: Defunctclosed 2020

About Desperado

★ World's tallest & fastest roller coaster at opening (1994)

Desperado was a steel roller coaster at Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino in Primm, Nevada, USA. It opened in 1994 and closed in 2020. The ride stood 209 feet tall, dropped 225 feet and reached 80 mph over 5,843 feet of track.

Built into the desert on the California-Nevada border, Desperado briefly held both the height and speed world records before Fujiyama and later giants surpassed it.

Field note: has not operated since the COVID-19 shutdown in February 2020.