Video: The Iconic Tropicana Was Just Demolished in Las Vegas — Here's What's Taking Its Place

Oct 11, 2024 01:26 AM - 4 months ago 150507

When the Tropicana opened successful 1957, it was a stylish, opulent edifice that attracted Hollywood celebrities for illustration the Rat Pack. It was besides featured in various films, from Elvis movies to the 1971 James Bond flick, "Diamonds Are Forever."

Like galore hotels from Sin City's early days, however, arsenic The Strip continued to modernize, the edifice became outdated and successful request of repairs. It closed its doors successful April 2024 and was demolished Wednesday to make room for a different benignant of entertainment.

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Over the past decade aliases so, Las Vegas has go a major sports city, and the onshore Tropicana occupied has now go a sports district. The NFL's Las Vegas Raiders play successful Allegiant Stadium successful the vicinity and T-Mobile Arena, which hosts sports including UFC, NHL, and WNBA events, is besides nearby.

The plan for the site is to build a ballpark for Las Vegas's caller shot team, the Oakland Athletics, which will move to the section successful 2028.

What did the Tropicana look for illustration successful its heyday?

Tropicana Las Vegas casino interior - Bettmann / Contributor January 15, 1966.

A Getty Images caption from 1966 describes the casino interior arsenic "designed for a female successful mind" pinch "porcelain sculpture, plush carpeting, soothing colors, and dimly-lighted chandeliers."

Other older photos show the exterior successful 2008.

A wide position of the Tropicana Resort & Casino May 5, 2008 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. Casino usability Tropicana Entertainment LLC revenge for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection pursuing a missed liking costs connected a USD 1.32 cardinal loan. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

The edifice exterior successful 1958.

General position arsenic an aged car drives by connected the extracurricular of The Tropicana Hotel circa 1958 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Taylor successful the Tropicana lobby "dripping pinch gem jewelry" successful 1959.

American popular vocalist Eddie Fisher (3R) pinch his character fiancee Elizabeth Taylor who is dripping pinch gem jewelry, arsenic Pat Newcomb (C), Marilyn Monroe's Press agent, trails down her done lobby aft his show, astatine the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959. (Photo by John Bryson/Getty Images)

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