The Tropicana Las Vegas will be demolished in an implosion scheduled for Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. local time to make room for a new MLB stadium.
Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, more than 2,000 pounds of explosives sent the Tropicana’s Paradise Tower and Club Tower tumbling in less than 30 seconds.
“It is honoring what the Tropicana has meant to Las Vegas,” Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Steve Hill said Tuesday before the implosion. “It’s been a big ...
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LAS VEGAS — Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip.
This Wednesday, however, thousands gathered in the middle of a midweek night on the south end of the Strip to witness the implosion of the historic Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino.