FULL VIDEO: Tropicana hotel imploded in true Las Vegas spectacle

[@darabennett4316]

"You guys gonna have fireworks??!!" -Tropicana Hotel-"Yeah,...we'll have a few."

[@LECOBRA6901]

*a few*

[@dennise4163]

I was a construction worker on the 2nd building. I was so proud to have worked on the Tropicana.

[@reesebrindle1809]

Sad isn’t it?

[@jamielynn2585]

A testament to the quality! You should be proud 🎉

[@dennise4163]

@@reesebrindle1809 Yes it is.

[@JohnnySin-cp7fz]

That's WEAK!! Laaaast weak! I built my own home! I was so proud and spared no expenses, worked on it from ground up. Got it foreclosed! NOT imploded!

[@AmericanEmperor]

Keep your hopes up; they gonna raise a new structure there, and you might as well be the slave-that-returned!

[@timprovphilly]

Love how it's not just a simple implosion but also a 5 minute firework show with some really cool drone action. Bet that was really great to see in person.

[@darabennett4316]

So those were drones that were towards the end where it spiraled up the buildings, and all simultaneously moved up? Because I was over here, like, "how TF did they do that??? "

[@timprovphilly]

@@darabennett4316 The Drones were everywhere! Anything you saw floating in the sky were probably drones. I personally liked the Poker Chip formation. at the start. :)

[@claztube]

Thank you for clarifying that drones were really there doing some amazing effects.

[@jgilc2691]

One thing that can never be imploded are the decades of "memories", "stories" and of course; fabulous "one liners"!

[@Lolo-vy5tk]

Amazing! Las Vegas does spectacular shows better than any city in the World 🌎!!! Good Bye Tropicana!!! We will never forget you!!!

[@Maha-gx4zm]

It is already forgotten

[@ericcanadiangoldboygray4111]

Great job to the camera man catching the tail end of the first implosion

[@tomjones1267]

The cameraman caught it just fine; the editor missed it.

[@stig]

@@tomjones1267 This was a live event. There is no editor. You mean the Director. He should be fired.

[@tomjones1267]

@@stig OK, Director.

[@stig]

@@tomjones1267 giddyup

[@dotted8-]

Maybe they’ll put it back up so they can have a do-over.

[@AZjo19]

This was amazing to watch! I LOVED the fireworks, probably cost as much as the price of imploding the Tropicana! LOL

[@shogunfox7141]

LOL. Fireworks are MUCH CHEAPER. I don't about these particular structures but a 39 story building can cost about $130 million to build, but it can cost $240 mil to demolish, including toxic materials removal and remediation. No telling what it cost with 2 STRUCTURES like this one.

[@AmericanEmperor]

They all got 'em from cina

[@MichelleBerrytingley]

​@shogunfox7141 wow didn't know it was that much

[@ebo9963]

I'm so sad to see the Tropicana go😢😢. But that was a great send-off, gotta love Las Vegas. Go big or go home🎉.

[@kinglifesoul]

😢 I Agree 💯

[@darrellsanbornjr2088]

Bringing in a crap baseball team is hardly going big.

[@ebo9963]

@darrellsanbornjr2088 I was reminiscing about how great the Tropicana was, and that it was a nice send off, for those of us who care. If that's not you, then keep it moving and go cry somewhere else. And they jumped full on a crap football team, so why not a crap baseball team.

[@DixieC-vj2sg]

@@ebo9963 YUP! Geez always the miserables crawling the comments section waiting to spread the misery. But yeah, you are right - A lot of us remember the Tropicana and are sad to see it go. Vegas doing Vegas even when imploding!

[@cowmann3555]

nah when you go to Vegas its go big or no home

[@djbalmerb]

Incredible send off to the first property I have ever visited on the LV Strip. Great Memories TROPICANA !!! You will be missed...

[@deamlandHallen]

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[@deamlandHallen]

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[@deamlandHallen]

Mrs Lee Wallace Stacey

[@Henrydonald1]

Her services is the best, I got a brand new Lambo last week and paid off my mortgage loan thanks to her wonderful services!

[@remondjames]

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[@deamlandHallen]

Make a note to Her regarding your interest in investing

[@dinkydoo4994]

Wow, just wow! Wish we'd heard about this beforehand to watch live. This is the next best thing. Great camera work! Again, Wow for all the fireworks and fabulous drone light show, true Vegas fashion! So glad we stopped in during Superbowl weekend and got my Tropicana souvenir, a beautiful canvas bag with a thick rope handle and "TROPICANA" stitched across the front. Farewell to a legend.

[@Zaid-nmm]

It’s sad to see the Trop go, we had great times there with family and friend since the 70’s. They had beautiful presidential suites and their 20th floor had also spacious suites with great views. Their steak house was fantastic. The Trop went downhill since Penn Gaming took over the property, they lost many loyal customers and that was the beginning of the end. It was an awesome place at one time and the firework display was a great way to say goodbye to the Trop. Thanks for the awesome video, much appreciated, fantastic job.

[@louvegas1048]

Trop had the best pool on the strip for a period

[@Zaid-nmm]

@@louvegas1048 very true and back then even live music. My kids loved their slide and feeding the fish, it was a lovely place for sure.

[@jennifergroom383]

Sad to see her go but thank you for the incredible coverage! I'm a Vegas local born and raised. Haven't seen a fireworks show like that since The Dunes implosion! I was a kid back then but it was the best fireworks show I had ever seen! The drones with this one added an extra special effect. If it HAD to be done, they did this beautifully in true Vegas fashion with Sinatra, Elvis, and all! It was an iconic property that will be missed for sure! Cheers to you Tropicana and thank you for the memories that you left in the hearts of Las Vegan's and out visitors! You won't be forgotten!! 😊❤

[@basketballspinner]

I remember them all. The Frontier, the Dunes, Tropicana. Never a dull moment.

[@jasmynholland3074]

This is the 2nd Hotel i have stayed in that was exploded. The Riviera and The Tropicana. Like how is Circus Circus still standing????

[@SuperSpins1]

All the mob casinos

[@derrickforeal]

Bring back the mob. Make vegas magical and seedy but still lovely again.

[@randyj4452]

The Landmark demo was cool!

[@maureensilva5229]

Sad to see this world-famous landmark go. So much history there. I'm very grateful that I was able to visit this storied, culturally-iconic piece of American history.

[@TheMissPoovey]

The old lady landed gracefully. Good job for making her exit from this world beautiful. Shedding a tear in remembrance, here in Missouri.

[@denysarcuri1213]

Wow. What an amazing difference in perspective. I live in So Cal, about 4 hours by car from LV. I've never been there on purpose, and never will. I've driven through several times on my way to somewhere else.

[@AmericanEmperor]

you are a drama queen! True?

[@TheMissPoovey]

@@AmericanEmperor at my age, that would be drama dowager, thank you. But I refuse labels. I’m free to be dramatic or not as the occasion demands. Try a little word smithing, it’ll expand your brain.

[@snuffysmif9801]

We harbor fond memories of The Trop when we stayed there in 1994, not too long after they opened the new MGM Grand, next door. It was a favorite Vegas Casino and Hotel. And, like all the old demolished Vegas icons, you went down proud, and though your era ends, you'll not be forgotten. CHEERS!!

[@GanJaGaMing-f9d]

Sad to see it go. I got married there 3 years ago.

[@theresakrelle5674]

Sadly they blast the historical Las Vegas all the time.

[@RetroJack]

@@theresakrelle5674 Everything becomes historical after a while. I'm sure there'll be more.

[@torigirl-resetmylifestyle]

The camera man didn’t drop the ball here, he/she was in position and had their shot. It’s the technical director who’s watching all camera angles on monitors and calls the shots. They’re the one who switches from camera to camera because they’re able to see what each camera is getting. They probably didn’t know when it was actually going to come down and unfortunately was in a close up of the wrong building when the moment arrived.

[@RichardsWorld]

It looks like the chose the wrong building to focus on. They were videoing the wrong building.

[@torigirl-resetmylifestyle]

@@RichardsWorld right. I can imagine the feeling/thought that went thru their head! 😖 🤬 “Are you freakin kidding me?! After ALL that time!!” 😬 I wonder if they thought that bldg was going first. Either way I would’ve played it safe and stayed on the wide shot. 😂

[@mzzstone]

Wow…that’s a iconic part of my parents lives…we used to drive to Vegas for “dinner” ….from so California alllll the time …😂😂😂 ….I miss them

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

Vegas got that good dinner. Worth traveling cross country for.

[@josiejosie-us8vi]

lol! my family and me from las vegas visit California LA all the time! complete opposite!

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

There is always new era for everything. Tesla is now a thing instead of Ford. Iphone replacing Nokia etc.

[@sweetipie1995]

Damn that's lonnnng way to go for dinner😂but hey hope you enjoyed

[@cspartage]

wow what a freaking show! Vegas knows how to make things entertaining thats for sure!

[@ustulo3488]

Obviously they tried to pay respects to this property with all of the fireworks etc...but it still absolutely sucks they blew up another piece of my hometown's history. The Tropicana was one of my earliest memories driving with my parents around Vegas along with the Dunes, The Aladdin, The Landmark, and The Showboat. I hope they never touch Circus Circus.

[@jeanniesullivan3928]

So sad. An iconic piece of Vegas history gone.

[@davesky538]

I loved staying at the Tropicana every year! Lovely stained glass above the gambling tables, really nice balconies with rooms surrounding the court yard and pool. It was the best!

[@SaintNick289]

All that to have the camera angle switch and miss half the implosion. Thanks.

[@johnabbottphotography]

It was one thing when I saw that happen with someone who was just holding a camera, and they suddenly decided to do a close up RIGHT WHEN you heard things explode. Its another thing when the idiot changing to the close up is the technical director. The entire time I was screaming: what are you doing???

[@mercymaddox]

Disappointing

[@Crazyd2050]

So go watch one of the other thousand videos posted. The world's full of complaints don't add to it

[@SaintNick289]

@@Crazyd2050nope I have to. If this is the best coverage, it better be the best!

[@Crazyd2050]

@@SaintNick289 lol

[@abelinaportillo1783]

End of an era. 🎲♠️♦️♣️♥️🤙

[@brandonmorris92]

The Dunes, the Sands, the Landmark, the Hacidenda, the New Frontier, the Stardust, the Aladdin, El Rancho, Castaways, the Riviera, Bourbon Street, the Boardwalk.... And now the Tropicana has joined them...

[@thismodernmonkiedelection1647]

@@brandonmorris92 In vapors up in the sky.

[@mickeysmyspiritanimal223]

@@brandonmorris92😢😔 🍊 🎰 Indeed!

[@fleece192]

I just came back from Vegas, staying at Excalibur. I was watching out of my window these people working in 100 degree heat. Incredible.

[@a.r.gonzalez1536]

In Vince McMahon's voice... "Welcome to WrestlemaniiiiiaaaaaAAAAAA!!!".

[@engerim]

Great show! I'll post my version soon.

[@gregbennett4254]

Too bad old Vegas was the best

[@uncanny_mac4660]

That's DTLV, that's mostly still around.

[@SuperSpins1]

When the mob ran Vegas

[@jenniferpower2166]

Lived in Las Vegas for 38 years watching another one go down!!😢

[@varielynn]

So sad to see it go 😢. Many iconic Las Vegas hotels go this way

[@ixman]

We here in Vegas are incapable of doing anything with restraint, and that's just awesome.

[@pikalove8201]

I was there in person with my friends 🍊 so beautiful to see

[@corpnupe85]

The Tropicana was my 'go to hotel' during my many stays in Vegas.

[@jumbach]

I’m surprised the Sphere didn’t get into the action more.

[@carlleggett1379]

It did say Tropicana on sphere.

[@archimetropolis]

The sphere was too far away to really be a part

[@sirjaysun]

They should have kept the 1957 casino of President Eisenhower's day and made it a historic land mark. What a waste of a lot of money. There's so much other places to have built the stadium. Who wants a team that already in the MLB... why not wait for an expansion team? Luke the Golden Knights. I'm so glad we never became the LA Vegas Sharks. The A's are negotiating to get John Fisher in town... not a smart move! Tropicana casino had Free pool and Free wifi, free magic shows. Today, Vegas has lost its heart and soul!

[@lisawicks8205]

I just said the same thing… clearly they don’t know the history of the greedy owner of that team

[@Leeotheelyon]

Agree as well. The traffic there will be brutal during games. Who is going to stay at that end of the strip the noise, traffic, and amount of people will be brutal there.

[@charlesanzalone5846]

People will stay there anyway ​@@Leeotheelyon

[@X976V3T]

They would implode all us old timers up if they could. No appreciation of history from many of the younger generation as they keep driving forward to the Cliff like Thelma and Louise

[@Leeotheelyon]

@@charlesanzalone5846 not me

[@raydunakin]

Wow, that was a LOT of fireworks!

[@Vector_Ze]

This aspect of Las Vegas is just one in a list of reasons I am glad I left that hell-hole more than 40 years ago and hope I never have to return.

[@laellewis7787]

wish my own funeral could be so celebrated. we miss you already SWEET TROPICANA!!!

[@DonaldAmico-cz7bk]

What a great show, really good. Bye Tropicana see you soon As . Resident 35 years

[@timkeute1226]

Wow I’m gonna have to go to Vegas for the next 1 !

[@SamiMichelle]

6:27 is the actual imploding

[@stig]

All that waiting and then the director misses the shot.

[@SamiMichelle]

@@stig for real!

[@atllzable]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this...Thanks..!!

[@RichardsWorld]

Awesome, until the director chose to do a closeup on the wrong building.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Why Las Vegas is better than Orlando. Excitement!!!!!

[@dl2839]

I wouldn't say that. Orlando is having a bit of their own brand of "excitement" right now.

[@dl2839]

That's not exactly accurate. Orlando is having a bit of "excitement" right now.

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

Lol. Comparing Vegas and Orlando is like comparing a diamond to a wood chip. Orlando is lame.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

@@ChristopherHedum-js8eg YES!!!! Thank Goodness Universal is bringing in EPEC.

[@kryptism]

Orlando has more to offer than Vegas! Vegas is only a strip!😮

[@joedevitto6113]

Beautiful Fireworks they did and the drone show stuff really amazing how they can do that now ~

[@socalsand86]

Vegas was so much better in the 80’s.

[@therealmr.investment]

That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing

[@johnhartman3533]

Very impressive, not Bldg 7 impressive, thanks for posting

[@gingergirl8797]

Lived in LV for forty years, remember when the Tropicana was the classiest casino/hotel on the strip.

[@pica8039]

Thank you to the millions of players who contributed and PAID for the spectacle. Up in smoke!!!

[@GH-mn1ty]

After all the build-up, the TV station basically misses the close up if each implosion. Great planning and direction of this once in a lifetime event!

[@DavidTheHypnotist]

That was incredible! I love the drones!

[@Kratos364]

Several weeks of planning, Days of setup, then 6 and a half minutes of fireworks and music for a thirty second collapse sequence... Time well Spent.

[@amandaalexandra5642]

Imagine being a tourist from a different country and not knowing what's going on 😂. Thinking it wasn't intentional lol.

[@stevepd1]

And so ended the Tangiers. - Goodfellas

[@airadsworldwide9133]

Remind you of anything you may have seen 20 or so years ago? Anybody... Anyone... Cmon McFlyyyyyyy!

[@sandyhardy3419]

They are stating the quiet part out loud

[@TheMissPoovey]

@@airadsworldwide9133 what ? I don’t know 🤷‍♀️

[@orizg]

@@TheMissPoovey That would be 9/11

[@robdog1245]

@@TheMissPooveyfunny how these buildings dropped almost exactly the same as the towers did… almost as if jet fuel can’t melt steel beams, and the towers were purposely imploded…. Nah. Our government wouldn’t do that!

[@whitecastle711]

Great fireworks! The drones were better than I expected, but it would have been better if they were positioned 100 feet higher. What finally happened to the stained glass over the craps pit?

[@swapshots4427]

Drone displays are amazing.❣️

[@2KGrind09]

glad I got that last trip to Vegas to see & walk thru one last time. So long Tropicana

[@msdebagain1]

i watched it on Tik Tok and honestly, the coverage of the actual implosion was far better than this .

[@greatfullded]

Most LV implosions have some fireworks and implosion... the Tropicana's implosion had a 4th of July show... this was the best I have seen yet..

[@danielclark241]

For a minute, I thought it was the MGM Grand that was getting demolished. LoL

[@OnlyInLasVegas]

Wow! They didn’t tell us the show would be that good. The fireworks show probably cost the same it cost to build the Tropicana.

[@greggismyname]

No it didn't. Two or three years of building and 20 seconds to get rid of it after months of gutting it. The extras were just that.. they quoted a price and it was accepted.

[@susankennedy7280]

I was there in 1978 I don't think the roof was on the Tropicana yet unbelievable

[@sofakingcute9804]

Thanks for posting!

[@Kitthefinest]

Vegas does everything big I see..😂😂

[@barbaraayarza5352]

Except educate their children.... And pay their employees

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

You mad because we got all your 💲😂

[@HerpDerpNV]

@@barbaraayarza5352 You don't need an education to serve drinks on the game floor lol

[@barbaraayarza5352]

@@HerpDerpNV as if that everyone's goal in life. 🙄

[@beautifulflorida]

Beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing!

[@bossman0702]

That fireworks show was better than our New Year's Eve show by far great show goodbye Trop👌 👏

[@dieselrotor]

There's a Zippo lighter in there somewhere from 25 years ago that fell down one of the elevator shafts that I had since I was 18, I'm now 60. A worker may have found it, I don't know ? But I'd like to think it was there.

[@TCJones]

After all that you missed the 1st one fall LOL

[@justachipnc33]

Out with the old in with the new... bet the new building is going to be amazing !!! That was a nice farewell guys, well done... 👍👍

[@bobsaget9675]

Went there last year to get in before they brought it down! Imagine all the people that worked there for so many years watching this. Wild

[@rickjames8279]

Good camera work you clowns

[@mediatekk]

🤣

[@sc5015]

As only Vegas can, amazing.

[@AVWC2727]

Stardust fell, Frontier fell, Riviera fell, Tropicana fell, but the Circus-Circus of the Strip is still standing.

[@davidg1152]

For now.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

The sands the desert inn the dunes the frontier El rancho

[@silverstatepicks]

Don't forget the Hacienda! This was a good send off to a very tired lady, love you Trop!

[@AVWC2727]

​​@@tsitracommunications2884Clarion, Landmark.

[@SuperSpins1]

All the mob casinos

[@thishappyhousewife9341]

That was more fireworks than most 4th of July celebrations!!!! 👏

[@josier521]

Will miss The Trop! Would have loved to see this flying into Vegas!

[@Mike-h9i7z]

How long did that take to set up

[@MikeV-zg5eu]

Legend says the car alarm is still going off lol 😂🎉

[@scottmonfort]

Wow, so you did a cut right at the wrong time showing the 2nd tower blocking the 1st tower coming down.

[@aired-downdisconnected4125]

"But can you make it epic"? Las Vegas::: Yes ! 🎉🎇🎆💥🎊🎉💥💥💥

[@jwahl38]

"What's happen in Vegas stays in Vegas" but I live in Sweden and I sa this great video of a great history building. 🤓🙌🙌

[@ACRoomReviews]

Great video!

[@rkmklz7562]

I was in the Tropicana in 1978.. Vegas is not the same

[@JENNIFERSANJOSE-z8q]

This is the most clear video I've seen so far.

[@kpec3]

I never gambled at the Trop, nor did I ever stay there, but I sure will miss it...

[@jfxcanadajeffchannel]

I caught the demolition and the stunning fireworks show live from Western Canada-just a little piece of history fading away. 1957 to 2024 - 67 years

[@cesarbugarini499]

😭😭😭😭TWAS BEAUTIFUL 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@FlyLikeDove]

All the camera angles were so unnecessary given that there was one perfectly centered - still cool though!

[@marylizakowski706]

I never understood why so many fools cheer after an implosion. Also, how much money was dumped into such an unforgettable spectacle?

[@charlesreimler962]

Glamorous Goodbye 👋

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Normally when I think of a place closing and getting demolished, I think of the failure and loss of promise a place once had, the fact that the labors of thousands of people as well as the fond memories of millions who passed through its doors are now reduced to ash and rubble. But Vegas finds a way to make it a celebration, instead of watching its withering carcass get unceremoniously dismembered piece by piece, we get to see this historic icon go out in style, we get to say thank you and goodbye in the most spectacular way. Not to mention anyone around today who ever lost money there gets to smile knowing you got the last laugh. Serves the place right for giving the dealer a 6 card 21 with my $1000 double downed 20.

[@davehue9517]

The end of an era

[@gireeshkr9167]

Bye bye Tropicana. Great farewell

[@blue_diam]

If you dont want to watch the whole thing, it goes down after the 6 minute mark but starting at 5:00 gives you the vibe.

[@FrancisDrake-q3j]

That drone show was effing amazing!

[@oneevilchef]

They should've played duel of the fates and had a bottle rocket battle between buildings

[@zood2436]

Peter Franta lost over twenty thousand one night at the Tropicana and had to refinance the house to pay . He told his son not to say a word to his mother . Guess we know who wears the pants in the family. Sorry, Patricia.