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The Tropicana Las Vegas was a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It operated from 1957 to 2024. In its final years, the property included a 44,570 sq ft (4,141 m 2) casino and 1,467 rooms. The complex occupied 35 acres (14 ha) at the southeast corner of the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection.
Tropicana Avenue is a major east–west section line arterial in the Las Vegas area. The road is named after the former Tropicana Las Vegas which was located on Las Vegas Boulevard where it intersects with Tropicana Avenue. Part of it is signed as Nevada State Route 593 (SR 593).
It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are home to three major resorts: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, New York-New York Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas—the latter has 5,044 rooms and was once the largest hotel in the world.
The Tropicana Las Vegas is officially no more. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the iconic building, which first opened on April 4, 1957, was imploded ahead of the construction of a new baseball stadium.
In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las Vegas. “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,” Agent 007 says. It was the ...
The exterior of the Tropicana is seen on April 13, 2021, in Las Vegas. Bally's Corp. has agreed to purchase the Las Vegas Strip property from landlord Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. in a ...
On April 2, the Tropicana Las Vegas closed after 67 years of operation. [31] On October 9, 2024, the Tropicana Hotel was demolished by implosion, and site leveling efforts ensued. [ 32 ] Plans submitted to Clark County project three 495 foot hotel towers housing over 3,000 hotel rooms on the northeast and southwest corners of the lot, beside ...
When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada's lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. “This was to signify that the ...