The Tropicana was a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its past under the mob has long cemented its place in Las ...
The 67-year-old casino was demolished to make way for a new stadium owned by the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
As Las Vegas rapidly evolved in the following decades, including a building boom of Strip mega resorts in the 1990s, the ...
This Wednesday, however, thousands gathered in the middle of a midweek night on the south end of the Strip to witness the implosion of the historic Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino.
Oct. 9 (UPI) --An implosion early Wednesday morning reduced the Tropicana Las Vegas casino to rubble to make way for construction of the new home of the Las Vegas Athletics baseball team.