Sin City will soon blow a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana in an elaborate implosion that will level two hotel towers in 22 seconds.
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FILE - People ride an escalator outside of the Tropicana hotel-casino Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. FILE - People stand on a pedestrian bridge by the Tropicana hotel and casino, Aug. 4, 2015, in Las Vegas. “What Las Vegas has done, in classic Las Vegas style, they’ve turned many of these implosions into spectacles,” said Geoff Schumacher, historian and vice president of exhibits and programs at the Mob Museum.
That will leave only the Flamingo from the city’s mob era on the Strip. But, Shumacher said, the Flamingo's original structures are long gone. The casino was completely rebuilt in the 1990s.Once known as the “Tiffany of the Strip” for its opulence, it was a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its past under the mob has long cemented its place in Las Vegas lore.
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