Las Vegas says goodbye to iconic Tropicana casino with implosion

[@sweetipie1995]

Remember coming first time here with my mom i was 9 yrs old. Miss u. Ma😢

[@NahumTorres-r8o]

You're mom will be missed 😭

[@sunzaza112]

If you reach Mom, you can follow her. It's easy.

[@mikeem7851]

What a dumb question... Reporter: Did the strip look like anything as it does today? Yes, they had sports venues, mega hotel/casinos and they had a great big sphere back then...

[@JoeyIndolos]

I realize that she just wanted to elicit an informative answer about how things were back then, but a straightforward “How different was the place back then?” or something similar would have been more appropriate. Asking it in this way just makes you sound dumb 🙄

[@DanielPacheco-o4q]

My parents would always take my brother and I to las Vegas during summer vacation and we would stay at the Tropicana. Lots of memories

[@genepropes5173]

Very sad it was my first hotel I stayed at in 1990 for 3 days. It was cold in the 40's and we stayed in the hotel the entire time never left until we went back home but had a blast eating at the buffet, going to the comedy stop at Rodney Dangerfields, went to dinner shows every night, gambled a bit and loved our rooms. I will miss this place very much.

[@BrayZap]

Man removing this work of art just to make room for a 30 win baseball team. stupid

[@TheAceOfCubs]

A’s finished with 69 wins, more than double. You definitely don’t follow sports 😂

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Should turn it into a park

[@archimetropolis]

@psychiatry-is-eugenics nah, they should turn one of the 500 vacant lots on the strip into one instead

[@wikoli-kuloloniele-kapalam2779]

I'm from Las Vegas, it is sad about the removal of Tropicana, but it needed to be done, the buildings had asbestos

[@PeruvianPotato]

"""work of art"""

[@signormalc]

My grandfather hung out here with Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay in the late 50’s.

[@mrlarry271]

Las Vegas certainly takes the quote 'change is the only constant' quite seriously and in fact leans into it. I lived there for 27 years before I moved away in 2013.

[@gioluvs1893]

So tragic. So many memories. I saw Sinatra and Dean Martin perform here back in 1966. Frankie Avalon and Frankie Valli were both regulars. Lets see there was the time i met Tony Bennett and Steve McQueen pulled up in his mustang. We would start at the tropicana and roll over to the Copa Room where there'd be Don Rickles, Liz Taylor, Bobby Darrin, Lana Turner, Patty Duke, Mary Tyler Moore. The Rat Pack and basically any big wig vegas guy that ive heard the old timers mention. What a time huh? Wiskey, tuxedos and cigarettes. Lots of booze and smokes. A kiss is just a kiss, as time goes by.

[@ultraviolettas]

sounds incredible!

[@stevie586]

I cannot believe this place is gone!!! My favorite staff was there, tons of amazing events, tons of celebrities have performed for my group there, so many insane memories and tons of pictures. I cannot believe this place is gone and hope my friends working there for many years find more employment soon.

[@TroyGoodwin]

1:18 Adding an NBA team and an MLS club should complete Vegas’ long-term game plan into the future of sports in that city.

[@oopik0059]

I loved staying here. 😢

[@suemeyer8989]

Sad to see it go-such history

[@yassinedahbi7727]

Blame the A’s owner

[@JoeLo-y8m]

Elvis is singing, “All Shook Up”. What are you doing to his town? Let’s all go watch “Viva Las Vegas”, at Graceland.

[@Stephanie-vn6ir]

I just watched it on Tubi last month. It's still fabulous!❤😂

[@Homedepotorange]

Who gives af about Elvis?

[@Stephanie-vn6ir]

Everything is disposable in America!!!💔😢

[@regis387]

so true!

[@Shwexx]

First time I ever went to Vegas this was were we stayed. RIP, Legend.

[@billmahon1213]

It reminded me of building # 7 coming down.

[@jokerz7936]

It's actually nothing like that. The Debris cloud was smaller since the Tropicana was a husk of a building having been gutted also no after fires smoldering under the rubble.

[@CheeseMiser]

Your parents Got your brain at the discount store

[@mikemancini313]

@@CheeseMiser r/rareinsults

[@edwesby5752]

That was one of the few Vegas hotel that I never stayed in. However, I did see Les Folies Bergere before it was canceled and also saw the production show, Showboat, way back when.

[@timmaine3327]

Great piece everyone.

[@sakurarozu]

Really? Killed off vegas history for 4th rate baseball team.

[@pitbull6098]

In related news, Tampa Bay followed suit and imploded Tropicana Field today in preparation for a new Rays' ballpark.

[@Bringos76]

Seems toxic to be there and breathe the dust from the implosion.

[@thehonesttruth8808]

Thanks

[@chasingsunsets87]

I cant stand sports.

[@archimetropolis]

And I can't stand gambling.

[@NeoclassicalRadagast]

Thanks for letting us know.

[@cafeAmericano]

The Classy thing to do would have been to play music from the tropicana's era as the implosion happened. A final salute to the time it was erected. Instead of all this poppy obnoxious Millennial Bruno Mars top 40 crap

[@mmandros51]

Maybe instead of just making something up to complain about you should have actually watched the implosion, because they did exactly that.

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

I was there live and saw it in person😎💥

[@christianwestling2019]

Hope they name the stadium Tropicana stadium :)

[@sands_in_taufer]

Ohhh…we watched Les Folies Bergere here couple years ago. Sad.

[@philipeager6188]

Sports entertainment.. that says it all 😉

[@TopGreaser]

This is like taking down the stonehenge

[@brianface7800]

I saw Lucy perform there when she snuck into Ricky's show. Lucy had some shenanigans!

[@GodsLove4Howeverlong]

Elvis Presley had the Top floor of the Tropicana all though the 60s with Ann Margaret and His Girlfriend her name escapes ME... I want to say Linda but I might be wrong She was a show gal I think at the Hotel 🏢💃💃💃💃💃💃...

[@andrewheitmeyer9945]

John Fisher has no funding for a stadium lol

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

Dang... seems Vegas is even worse than Los Angeles in terms of preserving history... 😢

[@cobra4455]

Bro it was rundown

[@devinmay3038]

That's the essence of Vegas. Alway about new developments.

[@loC2ol]

It’s how we do history here in Vegas. Massive “Tropicana” signs and some of the famous ceiling of The Tropicana is already at the Neon Museum! Out with the old and in with the new is the motto in this valley! But if you think that we don’t respect our great landmarks and preserve pieces of their history then you’re wrong!

[@MindzEnt]

It was basically a run down motel 6 for the last 15 years, they milked it for every drop. They didn't implode the Sistine Chapel bro.

[@Homedepotorange]

​@loC2ol yeah you would need notable landmarks first. Vegas has a glorified welcome sign and that's it

[@tbonetone2121]

Hmm, looks familiar

[@think4tomorrow79]

Were they able to save that womderful stained glass ceiling at the end?

[@Ice_2192]

I literally just watched Ocean's 11 a couple weeks ago and that had a demolishing a building in Vegas scene.

[@beckypeters5449]

I don't remember which casino they imploded while they were making the mov

[@brakesforsnakes757]

Now do the rest of The Strip!

[@jodes42]

Gamble Smart has a great video of the implosion from the top of NYNY on their channel. 😊

[@annemorency3317]

It takes allot of manpower, time, money, energy to build yet seconds to destroy😳

[@thehonesttruth8808]

Tell the socialists that

[@paulbalares2307]

Is that the same Tropicana Hotel that hosted Las Vegas Gambit with Wink Martindale?

[@spencermatthews5942]

0:25, vacuous reporter question of the year!!!!🤦🏽‍♂️🙄

[@DCXCoorexDakarCoore]

Just look at how fast those towers and the 9/11 September 2001 , towers dropped 🤔🤔 Controlled demolition 🤔🤔🤔🤔💯

[@justbecause9645]

As fast as your IQ!

[@DCXCoorexDakarCoore]

@@justbecause9645 oh good one, ha u really got me there.. 🤦 🤣 talking about IQ, while trying to insult someone over the Internet 🤦🤣😆😂

[@Conradist]

I feel bummed, and I don't even live in America.

[@IliasKhan-c9c]

I live in Las Vegas but I'm in another state so LM on vacation so l didnt be able to see it

[@jimrockford4968]

Free Hot Breakfast!!!!!!

[@Arthur-ke9vz]

Very sad day. They’ve ruined my beloved town

[@relevation0]

Did a plane hit it?

[@michaelwilliams2151]

Yea

[@Berindei_Stefan]

it would of been great if they kept some pieces of concrete or something from those famous rooms that celebs stayed

[@jbsan0]

It'll all end up being for nothing, the A's will end up staying in Sacramento

[@anikamathur02]

Shame on those who destroyed a legacy for sports stadium looks like they want to Make Vegas a cleaner Version of Richness

[@ramirami3924]

Why?

[@ELEVATED888]

30 sec Implosion Celebration

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

guessing renting a car is a mistake . Way too many stadiums packed in between way too many casinos

[@WyattK9]

This is all john fisher's fault.

[@Kamikaze19191]

Look at how those towers fell now look at 9/11 towers let's be real all physics tower don't fall like that unless it's on purpose

[@Jackietubepro]

How tight is your tin foil hat?

[@BigCheese1996]

No tin hat.. one building might fall perfect… highly doubtful. Two in the same hour? 👌🏻

[@TheAceOfCubs]

How is it on purpose? If “demolitions” were planted in the towers prior to 9/11, then what’s the point of having planes? Also, when the planes flew into them, shouldn’t both explode and tumble immediately instead of an hour?? Your logic doesn’t make sense at all, and you need to seek professional help immediately

[@relevation0]

@@Kamikaze19191 😂 There's no helping some of these people. Keep fighting the good fight tho 💪. "yOuR LOgiC dONt mAKE sEnCe cUz TeeVee said Durr Durr durrr..."

[@billmahon1213]

Especially tower # 7 , it's amazing how many people are locked into their own dungenouse programing and how they attack anything that goes against the narrative. 😅

[@Sophiethecatandfriends]

No past, no future

[@loC2ol]

It’s how we do history here in Vegas. Massive “Tropicana” signs and some of the famous ceiling of The Tropicana is already at the Neon Museum! Out with the old and in with the new is the motto in this valley! But if you think that we don’t respect our great past and history and its landmarks and preserve pieces of their history then you’re wrong!

[@Sophiethecatandfriends]

@@loC2ol o don’t think you understand what history is! Also that is a hardly a museum and more of graveyard of what could been history.

[@LemarSullivan821]

GG. it won't be missed remember to always gamble your life savings away... the house will still win, but who said you can't be part of the 0.01% of people who actually win at gambling? remember, 99.9999999999(infinite 9s)% of people quit before hiting it big

[@npc4570]

For a new sports stadium 🙄

[@archimetropolis]

And a hotel

[@llxqzs]

Not a good day for Tropicana 💀

[@qkanerd]

Really poor choice of words there. Smh.

[@michaelbrennan35]

So next election, Miss Goodman is to get voted out since she decided to allow this!

[@keithlewis4250]

Umhumm.

[@karendionne2228]

This country just doesn't respect history.🙄

[@ShefreedomSon]

What History...everything is a lie remember

[@loughlin14]

I don’t get this. Why would they shut down and destroy their own hotels?

[@devinmay3038]

Because it's old and outdated. That's how Vegas operates. They've never been known to preserve their hotels and casinos. Out with the old and in the the new.

[@loughlin14]

@@devinmay3038 I never expected that and at times like this, I can’t accept it just so that I am not ready to see.

[@BigCheese1996]

Money 💵

[@ShefreedomSon]

It's called repentance. That's what p diddy calls it. Too many bad deeds were conjured up there.😮

[@Zakk900]

Today show sucks

[@stephb3321]

I’m so excited for a new home for the A’s, if all goes through for them. They deserve better than that craphole stadium they were in.

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

Whatever

[@Eclippy16]

It's a start, still a whole strip to go.

[@Jackietubepro]

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