Post-Tropicana implosion, the brash high-roller Nick Pappagiorgi has a lethal review of the place.
Tropicana closing
As the Tropicana disappeared from view, Viki Lowell dropped her plastic cup, let out an enthusiastic and encouraging obscenity and clapped loudly. She had just witnessed history.
In 22 seconds the Rat Pack-era Tropicana’s two hotel towers were reduced to rubble, in part, to make way for the Athletics’ planned Las Vegas ballpark.
The Clark County Division of Air Quality has issued an air quality dust advisory during the early hours of Wednesday, as the Tropicana casino-hotel implosion will “produce a cloud of ‘Trop dust.’”
The controlled demolition of the two former hotel towers of the Tropicana Las Vegas is scheduled for 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and will last approximately 22 seconds.
Those hoping to catch a glimpse of the Tropicana being imploded will have limited views from nearby sites thanks to road and sidewalk closures.
Come 2:30 a.m. Oct. 9, the pair of Tropicana hotel towers that have stood on the Strip for decades will come down in less than 30 seconds.
The Tropicana’s hotel towers are set to be imploded as part of a celebratory event that will include a drone and fireworks show, according to Bally’s Corp.
Tropicana General Manager Arik Knowles was recommended for licensing as the property prepares for its transition to a Major League Baseball stadium.
The Tropicana is preliminarily set to be imploded in early October to make way for the planned Oakland Athletics ballpark, according to Clark County records.
Demolition crews have made significant progress on the former Rat Pack-era property that closed in April. But there are still several permits and processes that must be done.
The Tropicana will host an additional liquidation sale this weekend as the Rat Pack-era casino prepares for its demolition to make way for the new A’s ballpark.
International Content Liquidation is conducting the sale that will include a wide variety of hotel room furniture, linens and kitchen equipment from Trop restaurants.
Management of the Strip resort told the County Board of Commissioners the request relates to the construction timeline for the Oakland Athletics’ ballpark plan.
The Oakland Athletics plan to build a ballpark on the site of the Tropicana, but Bally’s says where the stadium will sit on that site is still being determined.
