All Hotel Implosions in Las Vegas 2020

Every hotel implosion in Las Vegas history.
Intro: (0:00)'
The Dunes North Tower: (0:08) • Dunes implosion Oct. 2...
The Dunes South Tower: (1:03)
The Landmark: (1:14) • Landmark Implosion N...
The Sands: (1:49) • Sands Implosion - Nove...
The Hacienda: (2:32) • Hacienda implosion Dec...
The Aladdin: (3:08) • Aladdin Implosion - Ap...
The El Rancho: (3:52) • El Rancho implosion Oc...
The Desert Inn Augusta Tower: (4:15) • Desert Inn Oct. 23, 2001
The Desert Inn Palms & St. Andrews Towers • Desert Inn Oct. 23, 2001
The Castaways: (5:20) • Castaways implosion Ja...
Bourbon Street: (5:42) • Video
The Boardwalk: (6:19) • Video
The Stardust: (7:17) • Stardust Implosion - M...
The New Frontier: (8:16) • New Frontier Implosion...
Clarion: (9:13) • Clarion Implosion
Riviera Monaco Tower: (9:49) • The FULL Riviera Implo...
Riviera Monte Carlo Tower: (10:35) • The FULL Riviera Implo...

[@chickentit251]

Imagine your hard work being blown up just to get replaced by a parking lot

[@Questionable10]

I would sue their ass for 500 million

[@MaoTao]

@@Questionable10 and you would get $0 lol

[@tenshi_amachi]

We used to live in a country, a proper country.

[@goutvols103]

"... They paved paradise, put up a parking lot". (Big Yellow Taxi)

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Even more worse: imagine the result of your hard work is blown off to get an Russian vodka distillery.

[@ginnymiller2448]

I read somewhere in a LV guide book: “Las Vegas is an anomaly. It’s the only city on earth that destroys its own landmarks to build copies of other cities’ landmarks.” I hung out in LV a lot in the early 2000s. Spent a lot of time in the Stardust, the Frontier, and Riviera. They were cool because they WERE old, and so different from everything else on the strip. They had old marquee signs out in front, not big giant LCD screens like everyone else does now. Walking into those places it was like walking into an old Frank Sinatra movie. Was very sad to see them go, but LV is constantly reinventing itself, so I get it.

[@electrictroy2010]

VEGAS IS DISNEYLAND FOR ADULTS. Disney is constantly closing old rides & installing new ones, because newer == more money earned. Vegas does exactly the same thing: Replacing old casinos with new ones that bring more money

[@giojo01]

I agree. I used to love walking through the Riviera. Definitely had that old Vegas vibe.

[@jrus690]

Las Vegas never had any landmarks, these are all gaming huts with hotels attached. Las Vegas has no history because it was built by the mob, mostly because Nevada was the only place where gaming was legal. 100 years ago or so Las Vegas was a one stop town, but unlike other places it was just gambling houses, the mob had not really established a presence yet, that was a little later.

[@12345678910111213106]

True, some of the old buildings are/were cool. Should be kept

[@iamarizonaball2642]

Someone should purposely make a building look old, and far away from the strip, as to not get demolished.

[@bribread]

*"Nothing stands in its place."* ouuuu the chills that just ran down my spine..

[@jaliyahmartin368]

Love the pfp ❤️ anything for Selenaasssss

[@josephbennett3482]

Yep pretty much like the WTC , the twin towers were demolished and now nothing stands in their place because innocent people were killed in them.

[@SharkFishSF]

yea, why would they even destroy it...

[@715SF]

@@SharkFishSF because no one is going to maintain it, so it’ll look out of place on the strip.

[@SharkFishSF]

@@715SF ohh, it's like the HOA but for hotels telling them to destroy it 😂😂

[@andycheng9066]

0:10 Dunes- Now Bellagio 1:03 Dunes (South Tower)- Now Bellagio 1:16 The Landmark- Now a parking lot 1:50 Sands- Now Venetian 2:33 Hacienda- Now Mandalay Bay 3:09 Aladdin- Now Planet Hollywood 3:53 El Rancho- Now The Drew 4:15 Desert Inn- Now Wynn & Encore 5:22 Castaways- Now the Showboat Parks Apartments 5:43 Bourbon Street- Now a parking lot 6:20 Boardwalk- Now Waldorf Astoria 7:18 Stardust- Now Hilton Resorts World 8:16 The New Frontier- Now nothing 9:16 Clarion- Now nothing 9:49 Riviera (Monaco Tower)- Now nothing 10:37 Riviera (Monte Carlo Tower)- Now nothing *FUTURE* The Mirage- Now the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

[@Its_Romeo_Playz]

Yes The Mirage will get imploded this year That is true

[@buckoduran]

showboat park apartments was completed in 2021 where the castaways used to be

[@katcheson82]

Wait so the Hard Rock is moving to where the Mirage stands now?

[@andycheng9066]

@@katcheson82 Yes, Mirage is being sold to Hard Rock. They recently confirmed they are going to demolish the volcano and replace it with a giant guitar

[@interstate1335]

@@Its_Romeo_Playz I don’t believe the mirage is being imploded. I say more rebranded less imploded. Same as the Tropicana, sadly.

[@bluerubyshadow]

damn vegas really did decide to rebrand the strip in the 90s-2000s

[@thiccvicc9818]

Yeah and I honestly don't like it. All of the older Hotel/casinos had a certain theme that made it fun and different from all the others and gave you a reason to visit each one. The new ones that they're building are very bland

[@SquidCena]

@Gary VLOGS And Films All because of greed and for money... what a shame

[@joannawinterbourne6439]

Fremont street is still there? Better odds too.

[@johnbockelie3899]

The Star dust reduced to cosmic dust.

[@lukekessler2503]

@@SquidCena well they were built because of greed and money. Although to be fair, some of the casinos/hotels just couldn’t stay afloat financially, so it’s not all greed. The loss of history and culture is sad, but in a sense, the destruction is very Vegas: fast, dramatic, gratuitous.

[@bellilovesu7693]

there's something kinda cool and dystopian feeling about massive buildings falling followed by clapping and cheering

[@Neyobe]

*zombie apocolypse*

[@enderpup9289]

Fallout new Vegas

[@examichelle]

Maybe people cheer and clap as a goodbye? Sort of?

[@SquidCena]

@@Neyobe Its the sounds of the zombies footsteps hitting the ground and screaming, looking for the source of the loud sounds indeed

[@johnbockelie3899]

Watch the Aladdin magically disappear.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I actually stayed at the New Frontier a year before it was demolished. We were supposed to stay at the Circus Circus (I was a kid then so the Circus Circus appealed to us), but my dad insisted on Frontier...the hotel was REALLY showing its age, it smelled SO bad. It smelled worse than the NYC sewer, which coming from New York...that's saying something. So safe to say, the demolition was a good thing. A shame nothing replaced it though

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

It's honestly better you didn't go to Circus, it's a dump now

[@JoseRamos-qr7vo]

They're trying to turn Vegas into a "New York" 2, I was born and raised here and I've noticed that they're aiming for taller and wider towers. So this city will be crowded as if it wasn't already 🤯

[@arrived255]

It’s sucks how the management just gave up on all of the old hotels, resulting in less sales, resulting in demolition

[@joshuaandino]

@@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691 Honestly, they should've demolished Circus Circus and Excalibur too

[@patlov]

you’re everywhere bro

[@toob1979]

"Old" is a matter of perspective. In Vegas, a 50-year-old building is considered a historical landmark. My house is more than 60 years old, and that's not anything here.

[@thetwitchfurry5548]

My house is 300 years old and most of the houses around me are about the same

[@electrictroy2010]

Vegas oldest hotel is only 100 years

[@stevengold]

Exactly, people are so quick to say the new buildings are shit because they're nostalgic about the old ones. Truth is there are some pretty iconic looking buildings now. Wynn/Encore are beautiful and I'm sure we'll look back on them later and appreciate their design

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@stevengold > *Exactly, people are so quick to say the new buildings are shit because they're nostalgic about the old ones* Well, that certainly is true in a lot of cases. IMO, though, it'd be dishonest to use that logic to say "therefore that's the only reason people do that."

[@pjwallace1006]

Where I grew up, in LA county in the South Bay, there are now quite a few buildings there that are 100+ yrs old, or WILL BE 100 yrs old (as is probably the case of MANY OTHER cities and towns here in the Good Ol USA 🇺🇸). By State law, at least: -The Good News: A building 100+ yrs old CANNOT be torn down; - The Bad News: A building 100+ yrs old CANNOT be torn down!!! YEP 👍🏻… You can renovate, remodel, repurpose, BUT… You CANNOT TEAR DOWN‼️‼️ In a WAY, the powers that be in the LV sorta had it right from the get-go. There’s nothing wrong with capitalism or making a buck. In FACT, it’s safe to say that, while the LV DOES have the capacity to allow for buildings to remain standing for 100+yrs in order to gain “historical preservation” status, in the long run, such standards and practices would not be very PROFITABLE ⚠️⚠️⚠️. The LV might not derive a king’s ransom in wealth from tourism like it did in its heyday, but it still likes to be known for what it was established for in the first place!!! YES 👍🏻, the majority of Las Vegas’s revenue comes from commercial and industrial means, but those are NOT what the powers that be want her to be KNOWN for. It’s all just part of a bigger picture. Problem IS, as with so many issues today, folks just wanna look at that one ☝️ part of the picture THEY find pleasing⚠️⚠️⚠️

[@justintofull7320]

I know the engineers who designed these masterpieces, died inside when they exploded.

[@SAsh-zg6ln]

Not really, they all know it’s inevitable

[@guimarq]

At first I thought you meant they were inside the buildings when they exploded, like they had do go down along with their creations.

[@Hurricoaster]

@@guimarq lmao like a captain going down with their ship

[@abstraction6212]

What about the innocent cockroaches and rats that were pulverized in the collapsing rubble?

[@josephensworth7044]

@@guimarq LMFAO

[@clearlyblurry508]

There’s something sentimental about the final light flickering before the Stardust building collapsed.

[@flybid301]

it even did some type of countdown thats insane

[@TheOneIndieGamer]

@@flybid301 Frontier did it too

[@EvanGeed]

Only Vegas would put neon lights up and make a show out of tearing down a building. Smaller version of the nukes in the 1950s people use to watch.

[@Fayevalentina541]

Thats why they called it the "Stardust".

[@icarus6651]

I loved the Stardust, Frontier and Riviera. They were a compromise between the pricey, over cooked down town strip and the slummy street at Freemont.

[@PositiveRateAv]

Imagine looking at the tower and then going "OH SHIT I LEFT MY PHONE IN THERE"

[@LvegasCupcake]

As a Vegas native this is always so sad to me. There are only 2 originals left, Tropicana and Flamingo and soon those will probably be gone too. My dad's first job was at the Landmark, he was a butcher there. My grandfather worked at the Flamingo for 54 years! Started in 1948! I have family dating back to 1930s here. It's sad to see what Vegas has become.

[@Romans8-9]

Circus Circus is an original and still going strong.

[@zanemarte9877]

Tropicana is going to be imploded in 2024 or '25 for a MLB stadium for the A's.

[@andrewiskb24]

I’m moving to Vegas next year from LA

[@_Ghostrider99]

@@andrewiskb24I’m going to say welcome but many other won’t treat you the same as we kinda have a problem with Californians here

[@VWdabug]

@@zanemarte987724

[@Katseye102]

What’s incredibly sad about this is Vegas doesn’t or hasn’t learned how to keep our history alive by saving historic buildings. I grew up here and saw most of these built. I cried when they imploded them. A lot of history gone to dust. 😢😢

[@timothy468]

Theres nothing but sin and pain in these shitholes. Jesus laughs when they implode.

[@fletch61]

@@timothy468 Are you for real !

[@mikesmovingimages]

Empty hotels are expensive to keep. They lack modern amenities, space, etc. Life goes on. Can't keep everything.

[@Fcutdlady]

Why do Americans have such recent idea of history? I was training as a tour guide in 2019 for Dublin and surrounding counties here in ireland. We were on a practical at Glendalough. a famous round Tower and monastic site in County Wicklow near Dublin . Our tutor was giving us a talk on his the history of the area. Some very nice American tourists asked could they listen in which was no problem. They couldn't get over the monastic settlement was founded in the 6th century. History is relative. Also they are hotels, they have to pay thier way. If don't have mod cons they must be upgraded, depending on what upgrades are needed it probably is cheaper abd easier to build a new one. Also not everything can be preserved. You or I don't know the hotels condition inside. It may not be safe to kerp them. I'm sure they have a million stories to tell. Sadly those stories aren't enough to preserve the buildings.

[@SuperKrock5]

It’s also good to be able to move on and not be stuck looking in the past. But it’s still sad when you liked something

[@nutbruh9316]

Kind of sad, the one building earlier in the video fell revealing Stardust and I thought “wow that’s a cool building”, only to see it get destroyed too.

[@alanakimitsu1176]

yeah i know, when the desert inn was taken down, in the video you can see the stardust is still "shining" behind it. but unfortunately, the fate of the stardust wasn't so lucky either as the stardust was also taken down 6 years later...

[@TheThatoneguy12121]

@@alanakimitsu1176 I don't live in Vegas but are these mostly because of lack of business for these hotels and not many people staying or were these properties bought out by bigger corporations.

[@teslatwitterofficial]

same

[@Chekmate99]

@@TheThatoneguy12121 yeah mostly lack of business (not profitable to maintain) and “keeping up with the Joneses” (trying to keep up or out do the casinos that were recently built). its also inherent in the gambling/casino culture to reinvent yourself as at some point tourists get bored and will go to the latest/“greatest”/newest casino/hotel - to lure them back they destroy and rebuild..

[@dawnbreaker2912]

The Stardust was the world's largest hotel at the time of its opening in 1958 (over 1,000 rooms across six buildings). I loved its exterior design, and stayed there a couple times (once shortly before demolition), but it was pretty unremarkable overall in the 2000's. Even its very limited scifi theming got overshadowed by the Hilton.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

While people may have liked the charms/designs of these older resorts, you have to remember that they're exactly that, resorts. Like how Disney closes rides to replace them with newer rides to keep moving forward as Walt intended, Vegas needs to keep moving forward and evolving. And in order to evolve, this needs to happen. Change is inevitable. Nothing lasts forever

[@tennojinesoberi]

And that is why I gave up on my architecture career when I realized that architecture is evolving more for functionality rather than aesthetics

[@jelly4frog498]

thanks kim

[@xandergaskill2075]

This is wonderful insight. Thank you Mr. Jong-un

[@naxzed_it]

I love how this is coming from the leader of a country 90 years behind

[@jdesrochers9457]

In times of distress, it's always good to hear advice from the great leader.

[@mikaelpersson2273]

I visited Las Vegas for the first time in my life in 1986, and have been visiting this town on and of since then until 2013. I think Las Vegas lost its soul when they torn down all of these smaller Hotells & Casinos.When i visited Las Vegas the last time in 2013 it felt like it had turned in to a ghost town made of skyscrapers with black tinted windows..kind of sad. R.I.P - L.V..

[@angelobkoljenovic9528]

I'am sad all of this was built during 45 years and destroyed in a minute ..

[@abstraction6212]

Well i mean monuments dont last forever, at some point we all leave this world to make room for new constructions and new creatures just like the circle of life

[@richflash1360]

@@abstraction6212 They arent monuments. Also buildings being demolished isnt supposed to be that deep, their casinos not animals

[@32123ABCBA]

Lmao most of them are ugly anyway

[@vivianpham9675]

@@32123ABCBA it’s supposed to be historic not pretty.

[@32123ABCBA]

@@vivianpham9675 the abandoned motel nearby me is older than most of those and is ugly af. No one wants it and it’s in the center. It’s being destroyed this year.

[@jrangel101]

I was there when the Stardust was taken down, I wish they never took it down.

[@princeplotena]

I think we all do 😢

[@B1txa]

Same 😞

[@JSBeats85]

I have fond memories of going to The Stardust. My only regret was not being able to see the legendary Don Rickles.

[@jordanangle9666]

I was at stardust last night it was open it was Halloween

[@Knightmare5000]

All of them were a memory to Vegas and won’t be forgotten

[@portersorensen8814]

I must admit, that first one was really creative

[@ariannasv22]

I've only been to Vegas once as a tiny child, and never had much interest in it after, but even not knowing the history, the Stardust seemed like a genuinely fascinating building. Lovely name, loved the lights running along the outside, can only imagine the inside. Shane that had to go.

[@firstnamelastname3414]

So what did we learn kids? That if you put the right amount of explosives in the right areas, you can send a million dollar investment tumbling to the ground. People might even cheer as a bonus.

[@nonamechannl]

but you do have to take it down before its a 🅱️illion dollars

[@abstraction6212]

Plus we male room for parking lots or new buildings

[@abstraction6212]

@Mack Dee Banks huh, okay? But the destruction of the world trade center was done with evil intentions to strike fear in america. These buildings are old and are in need to be broken down for better ones.

[@Dillon1108]

@@abstraction6212 The WTC towers were a bad design, filled with asbestos and wouldn't last anyways

[@abstraction6212]

@@Dillon1108 well you think the victims and people that lost their family members on that day would be okay with your comment?

[@Goat_Lord]

10:45 Circus Circus then fell into a deep depression and gained PTSD after seeing his only friend die in a fiery explosion.

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

And the circus circus may even end it all one day..

[@octonoob]

i went to circus circus the other day, was fun

[@bigperry1521]

@@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691 sadly, thats whats gonna happen soon enough.

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

@@bigperry1521 That's true, the Circus Circus is incredibly outdated, the rooms are a dump and it's not as fun to go to anymore. It's sad that Luxor, Excalibur, and Circus Circus are the next for the axe.

[@arnavmehra2203]

Rip circus circus

[@nomararevir2170]

Brings back memories of cruising down the strip when I was like 15-16 with my friends and passing all those old buildings before they were demoed. The Boardwalk in particular

[@jonhu4127]

My family was at the dunes implosion. It's amazing how festive the atmosphere was that night

[@nscaocnjs]

At least they made the Dunes a show by using the cannon firing stuff

[@marinemartin1423]

It’s kind of weird that Stardust watched the fate that Augusta Inn had a couple years earlier.

[@koolaid33]

they knew they were next in line

[@LususxNaturae]

That’s wild cause I literally looked at it and said “They’re somewhere on this list cause I never heard of em.”

[@yourlocalgrannie]

Just to be destroyed a few years later

[@alanakimitsu1176]

when the desert inn was taken down, you can clearly see the stardust is still "shining" behind it. but unfortunately, the fate of the stardust wasn't so lucky either as the stardust "finished its last page of the book" 6 years later...

[@cursedimagefromgoogle]

4:35

[@hilariomendoza1784]

I stayed at the Riviera a year before they closed it and loved it. It was the first casino that I stayed at and it held a special place in my heart. The year they were preparing for the implosion I remember visiting, and I said, "Can we go to the Riviera?" I saw it one last time with no lights and a giant fence was surrounding the whole casino. I thought, "maybe next year I can see it again." That was the last time I laid my eyes on that casino.

[@timbrown8038]

Stayed at Landmark back around 1988. The rooms were wedge shaped. It was weird. But I've always been a Elvis fan so I wanted to swim in pool that he and Ann Margaret swam in. Pretty cool that it's implosion was incorporated into the movie Mars Attacks.

[@marshall.cochran]

Thank you for telling us wheat is there now. It’s hard to find out

[@ricjesonapatan8986]

Ry

[@spearishchap9979]

I read this comment as it is at the beginning of the video and completely expected to see a wheat field where one of the buildings was

[@broketoo8741]

@@spearishchap9979 lmao same

[@feinemadd]

@@spearishchap9979 same

[@DrewBrees7249]

ACTALLY THEY DID ONE WRONGLY WYNNS ALSO STANDS IN FRONTIERS PLACE NOW

[@Curtis45100]

The Stardust was heartbreaking to watch!

[@mikegross6107]

It makes me cry to see such beautiful architecture blow to bits!

[@mazda9624]

Kind of a shame that a lot of those classic and iconic buildings were taken down only to be replaced by generic modern buildings or nothing at all.

[@kevinaguilar7541]

Let's be honest, I bet people will also complain if those buildings get destroyed. And then go on how beautiful they were.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@kevinaguilar7541 umm no. Not the same thing at all.

[@kevinaguilar7541]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings I bet people back in those days hated the buildings and reminisce how buildings were before those.

[@supitschillbro]

@@kevinaguilar7541 I will complain if Bellagio, Mirage, Luxor, Caesars, or MGM Grand come down. Bally's, Harrah's, Flamingo, Park MGM, Cosmo could all come down and I wouldn't really care at all. Even Aria and City Center could come down. Those places have no soul. I actively root for an end of Excalibur and New York New York though. Too old, too smokey.

[@_tccccc_boxing1509]

@@supitschillbro yeah right

[@stephenwilliams9923]

The Landmark was a special hotel for me. The top had a great oservation deck. First time I went to the top was 1972. From there you could see the outline of the city by the light....with vast darkness outside the ring of lights.Every Visit to Vegas I would view the city from the Landmark, and each time the ring of lights got bigger. By the mid 80's the ring of lights had grown, and the lights seem to never end.

[@toddbecker8207]

It was very special to me as well. My first wife and I had our wedding reception there in 1982. And honeymooned at the Hacienda...good times

[@williamwingo4740]

I used to hit the Landmark in the late 1960's-early 70's. The 27th floor bar was a great place to have a drink and watch the planes go into and out of McCarran. Stayed there once in one of the tower rooms with elevator noise nonstop all night. Nowadays they'd probably include that in the resort fee.

[@jjd3216]

@@williamwingo4740 Yes, must have been the Landmark's 27th Floor bar where I went on a date back in the 1970's while vacationimg in LV. Beautiful view, photographer took our photo, which I still have somewhere (in a Landmark frame)! Great memories.

[@donaldcarter4324]

Yes the Landmark was a unique building, to bad its gone along with much of the 20th century architecture!

[@electrictroy2010]

CIRCA in downtown has an observation deck. So does Stratosphere… you haven’t lost your ability to stand high & look at the city

[@haroldpbalsax2600]

I was there for the '94 Dunes implosion. Had a party in my room facing the Dunes. Quite an experience.

[@maddocharris5409]

LMFAO😂😂😂😂😂

[@ac_junior72]

Saw the Hacienda implosion NYE 96 (9pm local time) The southern - newer portion - more “stronger for earthquakes” of the casino failed to fall. Brought down manually the next day on Jan. 1 1997.

[@thegoldstandard55]

There were some buildings like the Stardust tower and remodeled Desert Inn that were in great condition and should not have been blown up.

[@DrewBrees7249]

they actally had frontier stand after desert inn and then frontier was demolished and wynns was built

[@electrictroy2010]

VEGAS IS DISNEYLAND FOR ADULTS. Disney is constantly closing old rides & installing new ones, because newer == more money earned. Vegas does exactly the same thing: Replacing old casinos with new ones that bring more money

[@Chuked]

@@electrictroy2010 good analysis, although I don’t think it helps💀

[@noodengr3three825]

I had a coworker who had been one of the last to stay in one of those hotels. She said the crew was emptying it out during their stay. They would ride down in the elevator with furniture

[@tashalynn29]

Perfect time to steal the towels lol

[@electrictroy2010]

I stayed in a motel that had a lobby fire. They decided to closedown a month later. I stayed until the last day, and then took the room refrigerator & microwave. Still have and use them 15 years later

[@deeznutz3669]

A lot of history may have been lost but many of the places that were built from this like the bellagio are awesome and will make history of their own.

[@daldladla]

Fascinating stuff here that captures a time of hyper development. You can see the Venetian mid construction behind the demolishing Aladdin. Also amazing to think that The Drew continues to sit wasting

[@mibarra122]

My family and I had stayed at the Sands when I was a kid. We loved the vibe and the hotel. We were very sad when it was demolished.

[@camilofranco5303]

When I read the title I was like “oh so blowing up hotels in Las Vegas is a common thing...”

[@duluthbro]

Back in the '50s and '60s people would go onto the rooftops of Vegas hotels to watch the lights of nuclear tests in the Tonopah Test Range to the northwest. Everything, even destruction, is a source of entertainment in Las Vegas.

[@koolaid33]

very common I suppose

[@dulcecarmona4596]

No it's not common. I know because I live in Las Vegas.

[@grogu1979]

@@dulcecarmona4596 could you pls tell me why are they randomly blowing up these any buildings in vegas??? like whats the reason behind it ??

[@dulcecarmona4596]

@@grogu1979 You know how California barely has space for buildings, houses and car? Well, in Las Vegas they want to have as much as possible, so they destroy big buildings

[@RavenVI]

I was introduced to some of the earlier ones through an old VHS documentary on contruction when I was a kid, the most notable being Dunes. I do not remember what it was called but the sounds, particularly the garbled up 90s quality of the voices were EXACTLY how I remembered them despite not seeing that VHS in years.

[@billythatoneguy]

Nice to randomly come across my Riviera video being featured again!

[@timvantori]

Casually watching vegas hotel explosions cause youtube recommends it xD

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

XD

[@-CloClo-]

I searched it :/

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I'm sad that the Riviera passed into history. I stayed there for 5 days every other year for a convention beginning in 1985 until 2005.

[@DJ-vf5gu]

I liked it also.They demolished it and nothing is there now. :/

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

Timestamps: 0:09 ‐ The Dunes (North tower) Date: October 27, 1993. 1:04 ‐ The Dunes (South tower) Date: July 20, 1994. 1:15 ‐ The Landmark Date: November 7, 1995. 1:50 ‐ The Sands Date: November 26, 1996. 2:33 ‐ The Hacienda Date: December 31, 1996. 3:09 ‐ The Aladdin Date: April 27, 1998. 3:52 ‐ El Rancho Date: October 3, 2000. 4:15 ‐ The Desert Inn (Augusta tower) Date: October 23, 2001. 4:47 ‐ The Desert Inn (Palms and St. Andrews tower) Date: November 16, 2004. 5:21 ‐ The Castaways Date: January 11, 2006. 5:43 - Bourbon Street Date: February 14, 2006. 6:20 - The Boardwalk Date: May 9, 2006. 7:16 - The Stardust Date: March 13, 2007. 8:16 ‐ New Frontier Date: November 13, 2007. 9:15 ‐ Clarion Date: February 10, 2015. 9:49 ‐ Riviera (Monaco tower) Date: June 14, 2016. 10:36 ‐ Riviera (Monte Carlo tower) Date: August 16, 2016. Note: The hotel at 4:12, it's now the Fountainebleau again and it opened on December 13, 2023. And the Riviera is now the Las Vegas West Hall convention center while the site of the Clarion is going to become the Majestic hotel.

[@stickynorth]

There's something dystopianly beautiful about this!

[@markgoddard2560]

Las Vegas - tearing down grotesque buildings, only to put up worse grotesque buildings.

[@mesupposedly5291]

Bro what are u talking about the modern casinos are much better while yes the originals had historical value this town would not be where it is without the modern casinos.( And in my opinion they look much better)

[@sciencebutreversed1166]

Naw,the new one looks far better

[@RioMuc]

You're right. They may look better than the old ones currently, but in a few years no one will care when they get imploded.

[@Just_YeTi]

New ones look so much better. They aren't bland blocky buildings. Now they have more lights and more design now. More things to do.

[@RioMuc]

@@icarus6651 Oh God!

[@dalebleicheryt]

I feel like they’re just blowing up buildings for fun at this point lol

[@nowieus]

ikr

[@ari2491]

nah,it's just dead outdated hotels that aren't making money

[@thecaynuck4694]

Especially when they started using the special effects like the countdown on the facade of the buildings.

[@thecaynuck4694]

@@ari2491 Las Vegas can't preserve their history...

[@ari2491]

@@thecaynuck4694 they can?

[@berwick777]

I stayed at the Stardust about five months before it closed. I even got a players club card as a souvenir. I was so sad when I first heard it was to be demolished.

[@_Ghostrider99]

Riviera was saddest for me. My family had many great memories there

[@joconnell8145]

The Drew...LMAO...that shit has been sitting there UNFINISHED for ten years!!

[@mariamena8831]

Ikr? Needs To Be Gone So The Parking Lot Can Be there! So shit doesn't matter. Edit: yeah 21 likes :D

[@TackyFlamingo]

The LVCVA should’ve taken the Drew instead of the Riviera

[@williscunningham3109]

I was wondering what that building was when I was out there... Did it go bankrupt? It's still under construction and no one was working the entire time

[@alfredoedoee5717]

@@williscunningham3109 it has a longggg history Originally the fontainebleau, it was planned to open fall 2009, the housing Crisis caused the whole project to be halted, and now it's like a tennis match. Back and forth between developers and people investing The chances of it being finished are slim to none as the building needs to be fixed from top to bottom

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Imploding that would probably cause an earthquake.

[@saliv88]

I love how Mars Attacks! incorporated the footage of The Landmark being demolished.

[@lalallama171]

Saves a bit of money on cgi ig

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

I know haha 🤣

[@williamthethespian]

Fascinating video documentation. Well done.

[@telekommandant]

Europe: The oldest cathedrals of the world, castles hundreds of years old, millions of historic buildings. USA: It's 25 years old, let's blast it.

[@downnice95]

Comparing a fucking cathedral to a casino is stupid and you know it

[@georgep7815]

Along with the demo of these legendary properties, goes the history. Things like The Sands and the RAT PACK. The Alladin, Wayne Newton owned in the early 80's, and bankrupted it. The Stardust, and THE MOB. The Riviera, Where Liberace opened the hotel in 1955, for a salary of $50,000 a week. But some of the best are still around, THE SAHARA, to this day a favorite. The Westgate, [formerly The International, 1969] Elvis opened up there with a 5 year deal. Singing to some 2.3 million people, and some 5000 sold out shows. His statue still adorns the lobby. Long Live the KING! I love VEGAS!

[@areyoujelton]

I went to the Sahara pre-renovation in 2010. It was so dirty but also so awesome!!! All the waitresses were old and the place smelled like cigarettes. They had that 70s red vinyl on the chairs, a wax statue of the Beatles... it was badass. Glad it has survived, though they did demolish the original casino and entrance.

[@judis.1810]

I lived in Vegas from 2014-2016 when the Riviera was demolished I cried. Such a beautiful hotel and casino, just to be demolished in the matter of seconds. Such a waste.

[@charlesbukowski9836]

@@judis.1810 you see these dummies laughing and clapping??

[@electrictroy2010]

Who are these people you speak of? Actors I guess.

[@electrictroy2010]

VEGAS IS DISNEYLAND FOR ADULTS. Disney is constantly closing old rides & installing new ones, because newer == more money earned. Vegas does exactly the same thing: Replacing old casinos with new ones that bring more money

[@haweater1555]

8:00 At only 16 years old, the Stardust was the newest undamaged, perfectly good highrise building to be demolished.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Dunes south tower only lasted 15. El Rancho only lasted 12 (and was abandoned for 8 of them). Boardwalk only stood for 10 years. Part of Hacienda and Desert Inn only lasted 7. I think clarion lasted the longest out of all these, for 45 years.

[@thetheatreorgan168]

Frontier’s main building was 18 when it came crashing down

[@haweater1555]

@@QuarioQuario54321 Do Las Vegas architects of hotels intentionally design them to make them easy to demolish?

[@QuarioQuario54321]

@@haweater1555 Seemingly not. All the newer ones are now seemingly indestructible. Sands was excessively reinforced for seemingly no reason. And landmark being so tall would not cooperate. All the newer ones are now either so tall that it wouldn’t be safe or have an unusual shape so there’d be too much risk.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Actually the desert Inn Palm Springs one was new. Only a couple of years old.

[@daniel0-01]

Thank you for including showing what infrastructure successions have been put in place.

[@danefilander6306]

Absolutely amazing and impressive video.

[@PatrickMersinger]

Does any of old Vegas still stand? The Stardust and the D.I. were legendary. Sometimes building some new thing with more rooms isn’t the answer. History has to count for something.

[@cruzgomes5660]

Exactly!!!

[@a-bunch-of-random-stuff]

There are five hotels on the strip which I consider to be from "Old Vegas" the Circus Circus, Tropicana, Caesars Palace, Sahara, and The Flamingo. But all of these hotels are radically different from their original state.

[@PatrickMersinger]

@@a-bunch-of-random-stuff well at least they're still there. I can handle an update, or a remodel. Blowing up history to build some neon palace is a different thing completely.

[@KAMILLE731]

Downtown Las Vegas

[@KAMILLE731]

You can find the Neon signs from some of these casinos downtown at the Neon Museum

[@marsco25177]

Circus circus still has yet to be taken down.

[@TravelersParadise]

Nah Circus Circus is still great in ways. The Golden Nugget needs to be taken down, place looks ancient!

[@PianoNBS]

@@TravelersParadise But wouldn't part of it be hard to demolish due to it being in the Rose Bowl as well?

[@mariamena8831]

Shut up! That's my favorite place!

[@heene]

Why would it be?

[@mariamena8831]

And TI Also (fun fact: TI is named tresure island)

[@gemini6828]

Everyone looks like the Twin Towers and building 7 in NYC. Demolitions falling into their footprint. I was in the 5th grade when we stayed at the MGM. It really hit me when it came on the news in 1980 about the fire remembering we had stayed there. My fondest memories of Vegas goes back to the year 1984 when my mother and I stayed at the Sand's in the bungalow rooms behind the tower itself. My women's tennis team had won our regional tournament in Overland Park, KS and flew to the national tournament in Las Vegas. I had such a blast hanging in the pool, playing the slots, walking the strip and then having a few beers before bedtime by the pool as a some of us played some rather silly games of Trivial Pursuit. Nothing like playing when you've had a few! I can remember laughing so much at some of my team mates who had a bit too much to drink. Sadly, several of those ladies, including my Mother, are no longer with us. It was the last trip I got to enjoy with my Mom as well.

[@BarthiArgento]

It's cool that you add the buildings which replaced them.

[@dannyreacts2679]

4:38 Stardust: *insert Jordan peele sweating face*

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lmao yeah, it will face the same exact fate several years later

[@alanakimitsu1176]

when the desert inn was demolished, you can see the stardust is still behind it. but unfortunately, the fate of the stardust wasn't so lucky either as it "finished the last page of the book" 6 years later...

[@luisgar61]

Huh the month after 9/11

[@repowers2]

9:25 WHOOPS. Pretty sure that stair tower was supposed to keep going.

[@williamwingo4740]

Debris from the rest of the structure settled around it and kept it from falling over as planned. It was either knocked down by a crane or pulled down with cables the next day.

[@nutbruh9316]

Free advertising by the banner lol

[@SatelliteYL]

@@nutbruh9316 bad advertising though! The company is paid to bring down buildings cleanly and quickly and the one part they can’t bring down is the part with their name on it!! I bet the executives where facepalming so hard

[@suzpid]

I remember this being on my recommended last year and I finally watched it bcs I was tired of seeing it. One year later and it’s back. I’m actually about to cry

[@dlane5292]

Nostalgically sad, yet awesome at the same time as the old steps aside for the new. Having lived in Vegas for a short time between August 1987 to about June of 89' I remember many of these places. The Landmark was probably one of the structure that stood out to upon first arrival there. The lights of the Flamingo were eye catching not sure if that one still exists or not, & the Showboat which was not included I remember being the biggest bowling alley I ever bowled at, which I enjoyed going to with my folks as a kid.

[@dout0rm942]

This ain't really the old stepping out to allow the new to shine tho. It's a city destroying it's history and reputation. It's Las Vegas ceasing to be interesting, and becoming just another, character-less city. A Cesspool, really.

[@rosesmith6925]

Vegas sure knows how to bring down the house 🤯😂

[@AppleAccessories]

Nothing Stands In Its Place really took over the strip at the end of this.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

That was a hoot, thanks!

[@helenharp6758]

I love this!!!!

[@ArturNagy]

there's something fascinating about the engineering that goes into collapsing a building pretty much within its own footprint without damaging anything nearby. also stardust looked cooler.

[@0tispunkm3y3r]

The Sands looked quite lovely, especially the design around the top with this arched windows. Shame that got knocked down.

[@mikebas7325]

Seems like this is the Vegas way, hate that they just tear down history. Only thing that seems somewhat old school is some of the the Fremont area. Been trying to see what Sands looked like as that is the Resort at the end of the movie Conair where they crashed part of a plane into just months before it was imploded if I read correctly.

[@Dragon43ish]

yes

[@electrictroy2010]

VEGAS IS DISNEYLAND FOR ADULTS. Disney is constantly closing old rides & installing new ones, because newer == more money earned. Vegas does exactly the same thing: Replacing old casinos with new ones that bring more money

[@TaxPayingContributor]

Frank Sinatra's less than reputable friends in the mob had murder victims poured into the walls of the Sands.

[@darknessislight3689]

Fantastic 🧨

[@kristencarlbon4561]

All these beautiful original Las Vegas hotels blown up for nothing . it’s sad to see old Las Vegas gone.

[@xavvo8125]

This is Devastating . From A Vibrant Dreamy palace to A shivering cold Disney theme park .Incredibly sad

[@ge200099]

So amazing how they combined some of the demolitions with fireworks!

[@willuzi831]

I kinda liked the fact that 2 buildings had a small firework show and countdown. They noticed how people came around to cheer for other implosions and wanted to make it fun

[@raymondanimalcrossing]

Truly one of the videos on KZbin

[@Phlegethon]

Some of these were perfectly good buildings all of them were usable

[@mahogany5070]

The thing about vegas is alot of those properties are what they call sister properties. They are owned by the same corporations for example paris is connected to planet Hollywood and etc ..They probably just had no more use for the property because their others were doing so well.

[@Mrs_ChefAdams]

Today this would be called a waste. Back then... just was the thing to do. I live in Las Vegas. Almost seen half of these in person myself. I wouldn’t see them doing this ever again lol. Crazy to see memory lane

[@princeplotena]

Stardust and Desert Inn especially. Desert Inn was remodeled less than ten years before Wynn blew it up!

[@rayfreeman2305]

@@mahogany5070 Paris is connected to Bally's but I have not seen a direct connection to Planet Hollywood, can you please tell me where the connection is.

[@mahogany5070]

@@rayfreeman2305 They're all apart of ceasar properties

[@examichelle]

6:41 look at that smoke ring coming out of the dust cloud. Cool.

[@neleeralertalud2070]

this is how black rings are made

[@jillski4000]

In 2003 we walked from Fremont Street over to the Strip all the way from Stratosphere past Mandilin Bay and back up the other side of the strip. Played at least a quarter in every casino we passed. Won more money than what we started. Many of those places are gone, but it is Vegas. Everything is transient and today. Enjoy it.

[@24kchxrrybomzz19]

My dad is 55 and he has lived here since he was 14 and he has seen all of these buildings because he always talks about them when we go down to the strip or down town

[@d.martin7692]

A shame. I went to Vegas all during the sixties and seventies. Saw Dean Martin and Count Basie at the Sands. It wasn't just the buildings that were demolished. It was also the character of the town.

[@mackpines]

Pretty cool to see all the cameras flashing from the rooms of the nearby hotel buildings.

[@Herooftheday64]

After a recent stay at Resorts World on the north end of the strip, it's amazing to me just how much land is available for building new hotels/casinos. I feel like The Venetian and Treasure Island have prime real estate with what is happening around them. It's only a matter of time before big money moguls build the newest/biggest/baddest hotels and casinos on the north end of the strip...

[@DrevikkDrevik]

This made me cry to see so much of my childhood memories being blown up. I lived in Las Vegas from 1972 to 1986 (age 2 to 16). So many crushed me.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

It was better when The Mob ran it

[@thisismagacountry1318]

@O.G Autistler GFY, troll

[@Chronas9.9]

The Landmark was such an iconic building. They really shouldn’t have taken that one down. You can easily modernize certain buildings while maintaining the cities history.

[@mesupposedly5291]

Not really all of those hotels were showing their age without replacement Las Vegas would have lost its global standing as an the entertainment capital

[@einav2102]

The Landmark was considered one of the worst hotels during it's active years, even before it's opening it was dealt with financial problems

[@michwashington]

I subscribed because of this video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎇🧨🎆

[@benjaminbordelon8413]

Feels kind of sad watching all of this history be blown to bits. Wish I could've been to Vegas during the 60's. I was born 30ish years too late

[@peterwilliamson8721]

Some of these owners went to great lengths with the pyrotechnics ,to make this a very entertaining event Thank you for posting.

[@nellgrill3845]

Sad. Destroying history.. the Riviera was gorgeous. The sands. Throw history in garbage. I love the hotel liquidation sales. Bargains and a last memory..

[@steadxman]

Casino brought me here. Great film btw💯💯💯

[@smartsolutionz6711]

6:46 if you look closely you can see how the dust from the boardwalk building blows a smoke-ring

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I miss old Vegas, it was paradise, one long strip of paradise. All the talk beautiful signs and lights...

[@triple7marc]

5:38 Ah yes, my favorite hotel/casino: Nothing!

[@God_of_pain_2.0]

🤯

[@aaronmanchester3194]

wow what an ugly looking hotel its just a huge black box and they cant even fit the whole thing in the photo cause its so oversized

[@d9zirable]

They say the staff there are all Nihilists.

[@ricdees3495]

Its funny how at one time I stayed at those hotels, now they're gone forever. Out with the old and in with the new. I was there at the Dunes Hotel implosion. You can feel the heat radiates as the building falls.

[@malibustacy3606]

No mention of how much more welcome I was at the old resorts compared to everyone else.

[@elnet1]

Sad to see these properties go out like this. But your video was excellent, showing what replaced them. I remember going into the Castaway's on a Christmas morning and NOBODY was in that place it was spooky. I was trying to remember the Riviera, your vid brought back memories!

[@randomname3715]

Riviera had the bronze in front with the showgirls butts.

[@jaybonn5973]

I think it's hilarious how there are 3 hotels dedicated to Italy.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Without the Italian mafia there would be no Vegas. Lucky Luciano was pretty much the guy who built Vegas to be Vegas.