Lift Blog

Leitner-Poma will construct a unique gondola at Circuit of the Americas near Austin this year, serving an exclusive motorsports club. It will be the third modern gondola in Texas following installations at the State Fair of Texas in 2007 and the Franklin Mountains in 2013. The lift will exclusively carry members of The Circuit, a year-round membership club featuring track access, rooftop pools and dining. The gondola’s Alpha drive station will occupy a portion of the clubhouse’s second floor. From the drive, riders will descend over four towers and Turn 1 of the track, unloading on the second floor of the pit building. Sigma will supply Diamond cabins with capacity for six passengers, which will run in four pulses of two.

Gondolas and chairlifts are increasingly popping up at non-ski point of interest throughout the United States. Over the past two years, non-ski lifts opened in Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia serving everything from zoos to bike parks. Texas will join that list when The Circuit opens in 2027.