{"id":225360,"date":"2024-05-29T18:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/heres-your-birds-eye-view-of-the-tropicana-demolition\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:31","slug":"heres-your-birds-eye-view-of-the-tropicana-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/heres-your-birds-eye-view-of-the-tropicana-demolition\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Your Bird&#8217;s Eye View of the Tropicana Demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-info-panel\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-holder\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-logo\">\n                                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/all-about-us\"><br \/>\n                                                        <img alt=\"Scott Roeben\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-88x88.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-176x176.png 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-88 photo\" height=\"88\" width=\"88\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                                    <\/a>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-content\">\n                                            <span class=\"post-info-panel__title\"><br \/>\n                                                                                                    By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/all-about-us\" class=\"post-info-panel__link\">Scott Roeben<\/a>, on May 28 2024                                                                                            <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The old girl is slowly fading away. Yes, Tropicana was female. Cancel us if you must, that\u2019s just a fact.<\/p>\n<p>Tropicana closed on April 2, 2024 to make way for an imaginary MLB ballpark. The truth is the plan was always to demolish the Trop, even before the A\u2019s fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>We popped by for a Tropicana demolition update, mainly because there\u2019s a lot of interest in the closure of Tropicana, especially among those who hadn\u2019t visited in 10 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40336\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40336 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trop_demolition1-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tropicana opened April 4, 1957 and closed April 2, 2024, because Tropicana hates our fellow OCD sufferers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s been a lot of activity around the Tropicana since it closed. Physical assets have been auctioned off and the site has been enclosed by a $500,000 wood construction fence.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to flatten everything on the site around the hotel towers, then those will be imploded in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the Tropicana in the throes of its erasure from the Las Vegas Strip. We added the wind sound effects to avoid any concerns the video is a deep fake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-jlb-s8fdy-y66576e6b5b980102435707\" style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\"><br \/><span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 500 \/ 281\"><br \/><span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"\/><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-jlb-s8fdy-y66576e6b5b980102435707\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jLb-S8fDy-Y?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jLb-S8fDy-Y?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Tropicana site is generating lots of rubble. We would mansplain how building demolition works, but given the fact we know virtually nothing about the subject, we are unable to assist you in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>What we do know is the demolition crew at Tropicana is keeping everything in very neat piles and doing their best to mitigate dust so the surrounding resorts don\u2019t have to wash their Statue of Liberty and bronze lion and castle turrets every other day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40337\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40337 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trop_demolition2-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In an effort to make amends with OCD sufferers, demolition crews at Tropicana are sorting the rubble into small, medium and large piles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s next for the Tropicana site?<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, it\u2019s unlikely to be a ballpark or a casino, at least with the current roster of dopes involved.<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s have shown no signs they have financing for a $1.5 billion anything, including a stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The blind belief in the A\u2019s clown show continues unabated, however. That\u2019s probably because the best and brightest in Las Vegas leadership says the A\u2019s absolutely have financing for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/sports\/athletics\/las-vegas-officials-say-as-strip-ballpark-timeline-will-be-met-3058082\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>: \u201cThey\u2019re coming and they\u2019ve said they can finance this stadium. They are going to play baseball here in 2028. I frankly think it\u2019s just fun (for critics) to create some drama around it and that\u2019s happening. That keeps all of our lives a little more interesting, but it doesn\u2019t change the facts on the ground, which is they\u2019ve said what they\u2019re going to do and they\u2019re just doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How can critics like this blog continue to be skeptical when there\u2019s obviously an iron-clad financing plan in place? After all, the A\u2019s have \u201csaid they can finance the stadium.\u201d Saying things is doing things! Everyone knows this. In addition to that, there are \u201cfacts on the ground.\u201d The facts are, of course, that the A\u2019s have said what they\u2019re going to do. And they\u2019re just doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Hello. Could the A\u2019s plan be any more set in stone or absolutely happening?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40368\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40368 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/as_just_doing_it1-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This legally protected fair use parody of the Nike swoosh is fashioned from horse manure. Please keep up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fun fact: The company handling Tropicana\u2019s demolition is California-based GGG Demolition. The \u201cGGG\u201d in the company\u2019s name stands for \u201cgoing, going, gone,\u201d a baseball term to describe a home run. Would we know this if we weren\u2019t a noted sports expert?\u00a0 \u201cGoing, going, gone\u201d is also used at cattle auctions. We are also a noted cattle auction expert.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40338\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40338 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trop_demolition3-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Trop cost $15 million to build, or about what the owners of the Tropicana site will make each year when it becomes a parking lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for Bally\u2019s Corp.\u2019s plan to build a resort on the Tropicana site? Pretty much ditto. They\u2019ve said they\u2019re doing it, so it must be happening!<\/p>\n<p>A top Bally\u2019s Corp. told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/casinos-gaming\/no-rush-to-build-new-resort-attached-to-as-ballpark-ballys-says-3043595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review-Journal<\/a> \u201cthere\u2019s no urgency in developing plans for a resort attached to a Major League Baseball stadium being built by the Oakland Athletics on the Tropicana site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bally\u2019s has no urgency because there\u2019s no money and no plan, and the company can\u2019t even muster the energy to whip up some sweet A.I. renderings, but everything is moving forward just as Mother Nature intended. Here, we\u2019ll do it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40348\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40348 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ballys_as_rendering-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The more imaginary ballfields the better, we always say.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, what\u2019s really going to happen at the Tropicana site? The towers get demolished and Las Vegas gets an empty lot for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s play in Sacramento for three years and stay there. The Seminoles build the team a stadium and Las Vegas eventually gets a team with serious people at the helm. That team\u2019s ballpark is built in the Rio parking lot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40370\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40370 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ballpark_rendering-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just spit-balling here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bally\u2019s Corp. bails, and the land owner, Gaming &amp; Leisure Properties, finds a new tenant who can actually develop a new casino resort. The over-under on when a new casino opens is a decade. Market conditions in Las Vegas are such that nobody should be opening a resort, just ask Fontainebleau.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep you in the loop on Tropicana\u2019s demolition, of course, and anything related to the yanking of Sin City\u2019s chain by the Sacramento A\u2019s. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>Although, we\u2019re pretty sure \u201cstaying tuned\u201d isn\u2019t even a thing anymore.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/heres-your-birds-eye-view-of-the-tropicana-demolition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] By Scott Roeben, on May 28 2024 The old girl is slowly fading away. Yes, Tropicana was female. 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