All Hotel Implosions in Las Vegas 2020 

I would sue their ass for 500 million

@@Questionable10 and you would get $0 lol

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Love the pfp ❤️ anything for Selenaasssss

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.

yea, why would they even destroy it...

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

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

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

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

Fremont street is still there? Better odds too.

The Star dust reduced to cosmic dust.

@@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.

Not really, they all know it’s inevitable

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

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

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

@@guimarq LMFAO

Yes The Mirage will get imploded this year That is true

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

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

@@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

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

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

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 🤯

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

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

you’re everywhere bro

it even did some type of countdown thats insane

@@flybid301 Frontier did it too

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.

Thats why they called it the "Stardust".

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.

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...

@@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.

same

@@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..

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.

Circus Circus is an original and still going strong.

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

I’m moving to Vegas next year from LA

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

@@zanemarte987724

*zombie apocolypse*

Fallout new Vegas

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

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

Watch the Aladdin magically disappear.

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

@@timothy468 Are you for real !

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

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.

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

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

Vegas oldest hotel is only 100 years

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

@@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."

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⚠️⚠️⚠️

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

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

Lmao most of them are ugly anyway

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

@@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.

I think we all do 😢

Same 😞

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

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

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

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

i went to circus circus the other day, was fun

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

@@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.

Rip circus circus

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

Plus we male room for parking lots or new buildings

@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.

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

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

they knew they were next in line

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

Just to be destroyed a few years later

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...

4:35

LMFAO😂😂😂😂😂

Ry

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

@@spearishchap9979 lmao same

@@spearishchap9979 same

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

Funny how gravity pulls downwards.

@@johnp139obviously the government invented gravity to keep us all down

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.

very common I suppose

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

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

@@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

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

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.

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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

@@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.

@@supitschillbro yeah right

XD

I searched it :/

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@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

Imploding that would probably cause an earthquake.

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

Perfect time to steal the towels lol

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

Saves a bit of money on cgi ig

I know haha 🤣

ikr

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

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

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

@@thecaynuck4694 they can?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Huh the month after 9/11

Exactly!!!

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.

@@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.

Downtown Las Vegas

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

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)

Naw,the new one looks far better

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.

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.

@@icarus6651 Oh God!

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.

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

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

@@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.

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

this is how black rings are made

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

thanks kim

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

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

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

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

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

Shut up! That's my favorite place!

Why would it be?

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

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.

Free advertising by the banner lol

@@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

went to go listen to this song after reading your comment and man. gave me chills in a sad way

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.

yes

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

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

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.

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

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

@@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.

@@rayfreeman2305 They're all apart of ceasar properties

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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

They say the staff there are all Nihilists.

The Mirage, as in the hotel building, is only getting rebranded into the new Hard Rock. With a planned 2027 reopening.

It was better when The Mob ran it

@O.G Autistler GFY, troll

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

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

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.

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

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