{"id":262150,"date":"2024-10-10T00:06:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/10\/heres-our-perfunctory-story-about-the-tropicana-implosion\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:54","slug":"heres-our-perfunctory-story-about-the-tropicana-implosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/10\/heres-our-perfunctory-story-about-the-tropicana-implosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Our Perfunctory Story About the Tropicana Implosion"},"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 October 09 2024                                                                                            <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oy, with the implosion show at Trop, already.\u00a0Yes, we\u2019ve been watching \u201cNobody Wants This\u201d on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve trying to figure out a way we can get around doing a story about the Tropicana implosion, but to no avail. If we never hear the half-witted term \u201cTrop Drop\u201d again, it will be too soon.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll try and make this quick and painless.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41717\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-41717 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\/10\/trop_implosion-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the first Las Vegas casino implosion with drones. Happily, nobody put out an eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tropicana was imploded, with the requisite hoopla, at 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a video with all the speechery and pew-pew.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-11syzurcamu67071a8a0e419625570463\" 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-11syzurcamu67071a8a0e419625570463\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/11SyzuRCAMU?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\/11SyzuRCAMU?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>There was a drone show prior to the implosion and a fantastic fireworks show.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another look.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They did a great job with the drone\/fireworks hoopla. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZ8UZ42jmv\">https:\/\/t.co\/FZ8UZ42jmv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1844101436076142804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The implosion itself lasted about 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tropicana is dust. (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_Mehaffey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@John_Mehaffey<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgSv4AC8W8\">pic.twitter.com\/VgSv4AC8W8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1843949692666908715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are some photos of the Trop site after the dust settled. As we shared on Twitter, this is easily the neatest implosion ever in the history of the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neatest implosion, ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWYLxuVSHl\">https:\/\/t.co\/vWYLxuVSHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1844108126750113873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Everything that can be said about the Tropicana implosion has been said, in a very boring way, by our local media.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Tropicana had a long history. However, its loss isn\u2019t as dramatic as many would have you believe.<\/p>\n<p>A wildly popular Las Vegas-focused Twitter account said it best.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Las Vegas losing the Tropicana is like the Rat Pack losing Peter Lawford.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1843853846038360489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In recent years, Trop hasn\u2019t been a thing.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t make much money for its owners, and the plan was always to demolish the place to make way for something new and shiny. It\u2019s Las Vegas, after all.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the chatter around Trop\u2019s closure and implosion has been around the site presumably being cleared for a new A\u2019s ballpark and casino resort.<\/p>\n<p>The only issue is neither of the entities involved (the A\u2019s and Bally\u2019s Corp.) have shown any evidence of financing for these ambitious and expensive projects. Just a lot of hopes and dreams and prayers and pledges and concepts of plans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41716\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-41716 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\/10\/skunks-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If the A.I. prompt is \u201cFisher and Kaval,\u201d this is what you get.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This complete lack of financing specifics doesn\u2019t seem to deter the breathless enthusiasm of Las Vegas media outlets from continuing to parrot what they\u2019re told by A\u2019s officials, Bally\u2019s Corp. officials and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) officials.<\/p>\n<p>Or as well call them, the \u201cTrifecta of Delusional Bullshit.\u201d Which was, as you might have guessed, the name of our band in high school.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41715\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-41715 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\/10\/trifecta_band-845x563.jpg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There\u2019s a graphic on the Internet, it must be true.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We aren\u2019t going to get into the details of why they\u2019ve all lost their collective minds. Now is a time to say goodbye to classic Las Vegas hotel and casino.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, the demolition of a perfectly good casino to make room for a parking lot is tragic. The same thing happened with Riviera. The former New Frontier is the Strip\u2019s broom closet.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t doubt somebody will build a casino on the Trop site someday, but it won\u2019t be Bally\u2019s Corp. (unless the land owner, GPLI decides it doesn\u2019t like money). A resort on that site would be a particularly terrible idea given the fact nine acres would presumably be devoted to an imaginary ballpark. Our sources say such a resort would not make money due to FAA height restrictions, thus limiting the number of hotel rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Can the ballpark be built on its on at the Trop site? Also, no.<\/p>\n<p>Were the A\u2019s looking at the Rio site as a better alternative? We hear yes, but Oak View Group is now doing soil testing in the Rio parking lot\u2019s 22 acres for a potential NBA arena.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of moving parts, but we already told you we aren\u2019t going to talk about those as we are saying goodbye to a classic Las Vegas hotel and casino.<\/p>\n<p>No, MGM Resorts isn\u2019t going to swoop in and buy the site. MGM Resorts doesn\u2019t own anything anymore. They operate casinos.<\/p>\n<p>No, the A\u2019s don\u2019t get taxpayer dollars until they spend $100 million of their own money.<\/p>\n<p>No, we aren\u2019t being negative, we are stating facts and making logical, informed conclusions. If it sounds like a cluster, that\u2019s because it is a cluster. Don\u2019t shoot the messenger.<\/p>\n<p>No, these thoughts are not just filler so we can say we wrote a story about the Tropicana implosion.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we are done, as we have real things to write about, rather than whimsical nonsense being foisted on the public by well-meaning but misguided journalists who don\u2019t have the sources we do.<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s\/Bally\u2019s\/Trop saga\/debacle continues to unfold, and you can bet we\u2019ll be here to origami the living hell out of it because somebody\u2019s got to do it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/heres-our-perfunctory-story-about-the-tropicana-implosion\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] By Scott Roeben, on October 09 2024 Oy, with the implosion show at Trop, already.\u00a0Yes, we\u2019ve been watching \u201cNobody Wants This\u201d on Netflix. 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