Over the next 19 weeks, more than 1.4 million people paid 50 cents for a 20-minute ride and access ... But when the fair gates closed, Ferris became immersed in a tangle of wheel-related lawsuits ...

It isn't difficult to pick out the La Grande Wheel XL amid the glowing, rainbow-colored spectacle of the Arizona State Fair's midway ... the chance to ride the biggest and best Ferris wheel ...