The Tropicana will be no more by the time you wake up on Wednesday.
After a final send-off with fireworks and a drone show, the iconic Strip property’s two towers will come down. The Athletics baseball team plans on building a stadium at that site.
The implosion is scheduled for 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. There will be no public viewing areas, but local station KLAS-TV (Channel 8) will air live coverage beginning at 2 a.m. on Oct. 9.
If you won't be awake then, check back here in the morning.
There will be road closures around the Tropicana demolition site to protect public safety. The general boundaries are Mandalay Bay Rd to the south, Park Ave to the north, Koval Ln to the east and Frank Sinatra Dr to the west. Reno Ave from Frank Sinatra Dr to Koval Ln also will… pic.twitter.com/btjupJk0YY
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For the last 31 years, implosions have been a big part of the evolving skyline of the Strip and beyond.
But why is the destruction of places that are part of our history — where thousands of people made their living, and maybe millions more made memories on their trips here — such a celebrated event?
Guests: Michael Green, associate professor of history, UNLV; Marta Soligo, assistant professor of sociology, UNLV
