Hey, I just came back from chicago and Toronto, and I'm wondering about something. Although I've been to the top of the Sears Tower, I didn't get a chance to visit the CN Tower. Does the CN Tower have better pricing than the Sears Tower? And does the CN Tower offer better views than the Sears Tower?

Here are my photo's from the top of CN tower(sorry about just two but the other ones are private):

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8569/picture1322jz.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3839/picture1336wd.jpg

I think the price was around $20 and a bit more if you wanted to go to the skypod but I did not. :bash:

Damn. I just found the CN tower website. It's so expensive. He are some numbers:
CN Tower:
Height: 346 M or 1100 feet
Price for 3 people (Two adults, one Child): $ 57.57

Sears Tower:
Height: 412 m or 1350 feet
Price for three people: $32.40
Can someone tell me why the f*** the CN Tower is so expensive?

^^
Trust me it is worth it. I had a great time and can take great photos of beutiful Toronto.

What do you think of the photos?

^^ They're great.

Wow, nice pics Mr.T. :) I've lived in Toronto for over 12 years now and never once have I been up the CN Tower due to such insanely high prices.

Damn. I just found the CN tower website. It's so expensive. He are some numbers:
CN Tower:
Height: 346 M or 1100 feet
Price for 3 people (Two adults, one Child): $ 57.57

Sears Tower:
Height: 440 m or 1400 feet
Price for three people: $32.40
Can someone tell me why the f*** the CN Tower is so expensive?
Well... I think it's because the CN Tower is more of an attraction. Being the tallest structure in the world also adds novelty, which also adds to the cost. They also have things such as the glass floor where you actually stand on a glass floor well over 1 000ft above solid ground.
There is a rotating restaurant on the CN Tower, arcades etc as well.

The CN Tower is the tallest building in the world?

Here's a photo of the glass floor.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7475/picture1343df.jpg

The CN Tower is the tallest building in the world?

Well it's the World's Tallest Free Standing Structure. Many people don't find it to be a "building".

CN Tower has great views and the glass floor is cool, but I felt a little gypped. As far as I could tell, to look east, you have to either go into the cafe or try to make something out through that thick netting on the lower open-air level.

Can someone tell me why the f*** the CN Tower is so expensive?

Tourist magnet...

BTW the CN Tower also has a 2nd deck which is 1465 ft(I think) high.

Damn. I just found the CN tower website. It's so expensive. He are some numbers:
CN Tower:
Height: 346 M or 1100 feet
Price for 3 people (Two adults, one Child): $ 57.57

^^ Is that in CDN$?

Unfortunately, I went up the Sears tower on a foggy day so I can't really judge the "quality of the view".

Tourist magnet...

BTW the CN Tower also has a 2nd deck which is 1465 ft(I think) high.

I've been to both and the CN tower is good with the glass floor and the 2nd deck and all, but the view from the Sears Tower was far better then Toronto. Only Chicago and Hong Kong have a density of really high towers to get anywhere near NYC. Plus the viewing deck of Sears is nearly as high as the 2nd deck on the CN and Sears was a lot cheaper. If I had to choose I'd go for Sears every time.

Damn. I just found the CN tower website. It's so expensive. He are some numbers:
CN Tower:
Height: 346 M or 1100 feet
Price for 3 people (Two adults, one Child): $ 57.57

Sears Tower:
Height: 412 m or 1350 feet
Price for three people: $32.40
Can someone tell me why the f*** the CN Tower is so expensive?

That's in Canadian dollars, NewYorker1. With the conversion, it's more like $45, which is still more expensive, not that much more. You can see more, but I prefer the Sears Tower view, because Chicago's cluster of buildings nearby is bigger and IMO, nicer. Sears Tower has the nearby competition of the observation deck of John Hancock Center, while CN Tower is pretty much the only show in town.

Nice pics.

^^ Is that in CDN$?
No. Both of the prices are in American dollars.

^^^OUCH!!

Sears wins easily anyways

The CN tower is amazing. its structure. the glass floor.. the restaurant on the top.. which is 1 hell of an awesome experience...u acn even see the niagra falls on a clear day.. and the view from the CN tower is better than sears tower.but yes its costly. for a full tour it costs CDN $ 36 per person.

Damn. I just found the CN tower website. It's so expensive. He are some numbers:
CN Tower:
Height: 346 M or 1100 feet
Price for 3 people (Two adults, one Child): $ 57.57

Sears Tower:
Height: 412 m or 1350 feet
Price for three people: $32.40
Can someone tell me why the f*** the CN Tower is so expensive?


Isn't CN tower taller than Sears Tower? I thought the height of CN tower was 553m. Correct me if I am wrong.

Isn't CN tower taller than Sears Tower? I thought the height of CN tower was 553m. Correct me if I am wrong.


^The listed height of the CN Tower there is the lower observation deck. There is an observatory even higher than that.

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sears.....1353 ft to level 103 observatory

cn.........1122 ft to outdoor observatory/glass floor
1136 ft to main/indoor observatory
1150 ft to revolving restaurant
1465 ft to skypod observatory


side note......sears 1431 ft to top mechanical floor 108, 1450 ft to roof, 1771 ft to antenna.

cn....1500 ft to top of concrete pour or roof of skypod, 1815 ft to antenna.


cn is primarily an observation tower with glass elevators and lots of amenities in it. sears has an observatory in an office building.

both views are great but different. i like sears for its dynamic view of the chicago skyline and cn for its closeness to the lake with downtown offset to the other side.

you want ripoff then go to space needle in seattle which has a nice view but is small up at the observatory with less than half or one third the height. go check out their prices. now that is a ripoff.

as per value of cn vs sears i feel both are great but cn has the amenities and you can enjoy the building more. as per costs...i will leave it to each one to decide.

btw....i have been on both several times.

I prefer the John Hancock observatory myself to the Sears Tower. It gives a better view of LSD.

As a Torontonian, I feel CN is an absolute ripoff. It's approximately $20/adult for a bloody elevator ride, nothing more! And that's just to the main observation deck (350 m). Another $5+ to go to the skypod (450 m), which is not worth it.
There is the preferable option of reserving seats at the revolving restaurant (360), in which case the $20 is incorporated in the cost of the meal. That's no deal though, because, although the restaurant is nice and the food very good, it is also very pricey.

I remember a mere 10-15 years ago the tower entry fee being about $8 or $9 for adults, half that for children.
Last time I ate at the restaurant about 6 weeks ago, I asked the elevator attendant why the price had risen so much. She said the tower has been under government ownership for several years, whereas before it was privately owned. Funny, if anything, usually private ownership leads to higher costs, not the reverse.

I don't recommend the tower as tourist attraction at these prices, unless you have money to burn. The view is spectacular, but that's all you're getting for your $20 per.

as a skyscraper fanatic, the view from the CN skypod is amazing and worth the price.