The amount of stories those buildings hold....forever gone...

@kyoakland

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine all the sex in those buildings and drugs haha

@traviscallahan7178

4 жыл бұрын

The stories are in the minds of the beholders, to be told to loved ones and friends until thy's demise.

@guildrich

4 жыл бұрын

@Kevin Finn Don't worry, the new ones will hold even _more_ stories. 60+, to be exact. lol

@richardn6768

4 жыл бұрын

the number of mob bodies hidden in those buildings ...

@Noperison

4 жыл бұрын

@@kyoakland not funny

Back in the day, you felt you were in Vegas. Each hotel had its own special vibe. Today, now you're just in a maze of overbuilt monstrosities.

@pandarush.

4 жыл бұрын

Very well said. Broke my heart to watch the historic names brought to the ground.

@tomvickers2231

4 жыл бұрын

Lastman Standing, at least exists the neon museum, which is awesome to visit. Would love it though if some of the new casinos could take on some of the old names thou.

@jbraly

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta agree here. Only been two times. First time I kept looking around not sure if I was in Vegas or not. It looked nothing like I had seen in the movies and felt like Disney world only with no rides and just as many fake characters

@dirtydavy

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was out there was in 92 and I consider myself lucky to have visited all of those historical casinos. They were outdated somewhat, kitschy and gritty but they had character, they had soul. Bugsy Siegel is rolling over in his grave. You might as well as call it Lost Vegas now.

@SuperPhunThyme9

3 жыл бұрын

2007 was a bad year for vegas. I wish I'd been before then.

When the Stardust went down the spirit of Las Vegas died along with it

@leesantos9711

4 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@torimig2151

4 жыл бұрын

@TraviTrail it looked like as. Bomb

@torimig2151

4 жыл бұрын

@TraviTrail I. Mean the big fireball. I'm like. Did. The do that I mean. Thhe waay it looked

@ktnotter

4 жыл бұрын

Stardust was the last "Mob" owned casino.

@torimig2151

4 жыл бұрын

@@ktnotter omg what I didn't know that wow

What takes years to build takes seconds to collapse

@franklintangelo3456

4 жыл бұрын

diego duran i’m 14 and this is deep.

@durand2153

4 жыл бұрын

Franklin&Tangelo345 what do you mean

@franklintangelo3456

4 жыл бұрын

diego duran you trying to be deep is not deep.

@TackyFlamingo

4 жыл бұрын

Franklin&Tangelo345 they’re not it’s just a true statement about these resorts

@franklintangelo3456

4 жыл бұрын

TackyFlamingo 8528 what?

We stayed at the Sands Hotel decades ago. It was a wonderful experience. Now, Las Vegas has no history. It began demolishing it's history decades ago in some sick, tunnel-visioned attempt to become "today". The properties that were demolished created Las Vegas. They could have been updated. The names could have been saved. Las Vegas could have moved forward while honoring it's past. Watching this video is a sad trip.

@cy_torrent

4 жыл бұрын

Vegas actually has officially designated some casinos to be historical. Aka the building will stay, the interior will be updated. Like Flamingo, Circus Circus, and Caesar’s Palace, they will remain there on the outside, the changes are all on the inside. The other reason why most of these hotels were demolished were low money, criminal records of the owner, company merges, and of course, the age... Some of these buildings are too old to remodel, so the companies sometimes demolish, then rebuild the hotel. But company intervention can happen like Stardust. It was supposed to be rebuilt and reopened, and standing today beside Circus Circus. But another company bought it and is doing their project. Keeping old buildings are good, and it’s good to know Las Vegas is now designating some hotels as “historical” but sometimes, you sadly must let go.

@Ahov

4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@CannelleInOK

4 жыл бұрын

Everything in the States that might have historical significance is torn down. People don't care about history anymore. It's all about progress....for progresses sake.

@dmannevada5981

4 жыл бұрын

@@CannelleInOK Vegas was never created for historical reasons. It's Disneyland for adults. The property's only value is just that, turning a profit. Las Vegas was never intended to have historical buildings.

@CannelleInOK

4 жыл бұрын

@@dmannevada5981 I do understand what you're saying and you're right. It just seems sad to see things that have been around for so long, go. Maybe historical was the wrong word.

I'm sad to see a lot of these iconic and "historic" casinos go but at the same time blowing up buildings in vegas is kinda fun.

@franklintangelo3456

4 жыл бұрын

David Feltheim especially when you yell “Allahu akbar”

@tokyoeagle7935

4 жыл бұрын

Same I feel sad but it looks fun BTW you shouldnt be sad they demolished it so they can make it more luxury so basicly its not dead they are rebuilding it no worries.

@weahisidor

4 жыл бұрын

Uiif

@stopstealingmyname3452

4 жыл бұрын

fuck off sinners this city of sin deserves it

@martinallysonsenn6108

3 жыл бұрын

@@stopstealingmyname3452 your profile picture explains my response to your comment

The Old Las Vegas is gone and dead.. So commercial now.. Expensive food.. Drinks.. Stores.. All the charm and glory gone.. Very sad.

@NULL-ug7ve

4 жыл бұрын

Just like your coochie?? Lmao I'm kidding

@trevmac8362

4 жыл бұрын

@@NULL-ug7ve 😂

@STARDRIVE

4 жыл бұрын

High rollers can go anywhere today, even online. Tourists limit themselves to a hundred bucks, so complementary drinks, food and cheap hotel rooms are indeed gone. I give it 15 years before they start crumbling under the competition of other hotels & theme parks nationwide. Vegas became rich from money laundering, heavy gambling and recently nostalgic tourists. Take that all away and it's the end, am I right?

@dmannevada5981

4 жыл бұрын

@@STARDRIVE No, with all due respect, you are not right. First of all, over 40 million visitors a year disagree with you. Vegas continues to set records. Second, it's been well studied and documented that the more gambling opens up around the country, the more people want to go to the mecca of gambling... Las Vegas. Statistics are proving that out.

@devinpetersen2387

3 жыл бұрын

You're average Joe could go there with money and and come back with money all while having a great time. Now people leave there broke and in debt.

I worked at the Stardust, the Thunderbird and the Circus Circus. The Strip has lost it's charm, too crowded, too expensive, I was there from 1959 until 2001. Moved back to Tennessee. Sad watching all this destroyed. But I guess the old saying is true "Nothing lasts forever".

@torimig2151

4 жыл бұрын

Are you. Talking about Florida Thunderbird fflee marcket

@joannhawkins3745

4 жыл бұрын

@@torimig2151 Hi, no I was talking about the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. It was just as big as the others at the time. I worked there in the spring of 1960, some on cocktails to begin with, then in the George Arnold Ice Follies for a little while. It was just south of the Sahara Hotel and Casino. I do not remember when it disappeared but I think they tore it down to put the large swimming park in there in it's place. I think the swimming park is gone now. Do you remember the El Rancho Hotel and casino? It was on the north west corner of the Strip and Sahara Ave. It burned down late one night in 1960, my boyfriend and I were coming home and saw the flames, we lived on Boston Circle at the time, and we went to see what it was, There were movie stars and several others watching it. The tower was the last to fall and the whisky bottles were exploding inside . Betty Gable and Harry James and others, I forgot. It was a one story building, because the land has a river under it and that is why no one else has built on the land. It was the first job at entertaining in Vegas that Elvis had. We all stood there and watched until it was all gone. A one story could be built there, and maybe one has, I have been out of there since 2000. It was across the Strip from the Sahara Hotel. Jo Ann

@torimig2151

4 жыл бұрын

@@joannhawkins3745 ok sorry I didn't know that

@timmyandtommynook9763

4 жыл бұрын

Circus circus is still there

@jpman2173

4 жыл бұрын

I wondered why Circus Circus wasn't there any longer. Last time I went to Vegas I was looking for it.

So glad I saved my Sands, Stardust and Riviera coffee cups!

@Noperison

4 жыл бұрын

Wow those are ARTIFACTS

@Valhalla_Heathen

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you! 👏🏻

@natesmith5493

3 жыл бұрын

I have my stardust 👕

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

2 жыл бұрын

Bully for you I was born right after the sands was destroyed and wasn't old enough to go to the stardust and Rivera before they were destroyed my only consultation is if the flamingo gets destroyed (which I hope isn't soon) I have some golf balls from them

Vegas destroying The stardust and the Rivera was a big mistake they started the strip And made it what it is today

@paulygoodman871

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Buckley I never said the Stardust or the Riviera was first what I'm trying to say is the Riviera and the Stardust are Las Vegas icons they are legendary casinos the Golden Gate will never be LOL

@cy_torrent

4 жыл бұрын

Riviera was losing business. Stardust was going to demolish and remodel, but then Resort World bought the land and scrapped their plans. Riviera sadly had to go down since it began to lose money. And the building itself was too old to remodel, “newer” technology was already clogging up space. Edit: Las Vegas normally isn’t in charge of the demolitions, they are normally the ones who verify or regulate them. The companies or recent owners decide this...

@QuadinarosLS

3 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Buckley You're just flat-out wrong. Golden Gate is downtown on Fremont Street, it's nowhere near the Strip.

@jogman262

3 жыл бұрын

That north end of the strip was the place to be. Frontier, Stardust, Riviera, Westward Ho, before it became a kids zone Slots A Fun, Circus Circus, and the original Sahara. Now most of those places are gone.

@jogman262

3 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Buckley As Arthur Fonzarelli would say, “Exactamundo!”

What happens in Vegas gets blown the fuck up.

@maidstone1982

3 жыл бұрын

underrated comment

@user-lol966

3 жыл бұрын

Do not say a bad word

@user-lol966

3 жыл бұрын

He say "f*ck". Call the police

@isaacsrandomvideos667

2 жыл бұрын

Ain’t that a kick in the head!

@plazters24

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-lol966 are u literally crazy? that's called *speech freedom.*

The last part in the movie Casino is good when they show the old casino being bombed and Deniro compares modern vegas to Disney Land

Stardust still makes me sad. One of my favorites on the Strip, and that hotel tower wasn’t even 20 years old!

@natesmith5493

5 жыл бұрын

Im wearing the stardust shirt right now what a waste

@aidendonnelly8220

5 жыл бұрын

Luna Smith I agree with you,because Las Vegas is stupid.because 1 they just destroys every classic hotel.like my dad got bummed about riviera.

@rajnirvan3336

4 жыл бұрын

I agree vintage hotels. I felt sad when Dunes went coz I stayed there in 1991 summer holidays aged 14 with my family. Was also a memorable holiday

@cy_torrent

4 жыл бұрын

Aiden TheHaunter Well actually the company wanted to completely gentrify the hotel, make it more like Aria for example.... The company later changed the name to Echelon, but then an international company bought it.... The company was the one who decided this, not Vegas. If anything Vegas was the one to legalize their decision. Resort World, the company that took over, will be building a new hotel with the Original Stardust blueprints. So the building will be close to the same, the main tower will be the Echelon hotel blueprint though

@duderanch4029

4 жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old in 2002, and I remember going to that amazing buffet, that had the most amazing chocolate chip cookies of all time. I got so sad that place demo’d.

Riviera Hotel and Casino was my favorite, still saddens me Everytime I drive by. A lot of good memories

Circus Circus is the last of the iconic hotels. It was renovated in 2017 and sold to the Mandalay Group that same year. Now it is offering 40% of room rates. I am afraid its time may be limited. Mandalay has a reputation for buying old properties just to demolish them and rebuild new resorts in their place.

@kyoakland

4 жыл бұрын

I used to love circus circus as a kid lol I'm guessing the Excalibur will be gone soon

@newmexicorefuseentertainme9406

3 жыл бұрын

Staying at Circus Circus for a family member was a absolutely nightmare they still hope it never goes but considering it’s location and the place losing luster probably will go soon

@TransToast

2 жыл бұрын

You literally have no idea what youre talking about. The flamingo was opened in 1946 and the tropicana opened in 1957, and they are wAY more iconic than Circus ever was. Circus REGULARLLY offers 40% off rooms because the rooms fucking SUCK

@firebros1695

2 жыл бұрын

@@kyoakland Mirage is the next to go. Hard Rock just bought them out.

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

2 жыл бұрын

There's still the flamingo and Tropicana

I been going to Vegas as an adult since the late 70's, so I've seen a lot come and go. I liked the old Vegas, it was fun, cheap, and the entertainment was great and I hated seeing all the old casinos rendered to dust. But I liked the new Vegas too, up until around 2008 or so it was still reasonable, and they weren't charging "resort fees" or for parking, or drinks while you were playing. Gambling was still making them a lot of money. Then people started trending away from gambling, more for the night life, party, food, fancy rooms and fake glamour. They aren't dumping loads of cash in the casino anymore. They have casinos at home, it isn't a big deal like it was when Vegas and Atlantic City were the only places to legally gamble. That's why you're paying $150+ a night for a room now, plus resort fees, taxes, parking, drinks, expensive buffets, etc.

@DopamineSerotoninOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah all the fun of it is gone now. Just all corporatized now. It's too expensive to even lure me in anymore, no wonder why they're on the slow decline.

@ArtBellJr

4 жыл бұрын

Still only state that allows sports betting that's why I love it here in Vegas.

@AJ-sp7pc

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly right brother.

@cathrynm

2 жыл бұрын

Just that North strip has been a disaster, basically. Lot of destruction, and then stalled projects. It's a good thing Circus Circus never came down, because that would be another empty lot if it had.

@MasterFurret

Жыл бұрын

Have any of you seen any Las Vegas implosions? I haven't

Lived in Vegas from 2001-2005, and seeing Stardust get demolished is kinda sad. My uncle worked there and he was the reason my family moved to Vegas back in the day.

How can anyone cheer? they're cheering the demolition of some beautiful buildings... just proves how crazy some people really are

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

those "sick" people are happy that the asbestos shacks are no longer going to cause mesothelioma

The Dunes was my favorite and the sign was beautiful. Pisses me off to see them destroy history!

@victortinajero5543

4 жыл бұрын

The World Wide History Of History they should have saved the Dunes sign. It was as iconic as the Welcome to Las Vegas sign...

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

be quiet and go clean your dentures in time for bingo night

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

2 жыл бұрын

@@pissandcornflakes9119 who craped in your coffee?

My dad was an architect. I'm not but I was really close to him. Dad hated watching any building get torn down. To him, it was like a guy taking his dog to be euthanized. Any architect who designs and builds a building considers the building akin to his/her child. I put a lot of work into creating that baby and now they're going to implode it in 45 seconds? After 9-11, he couldn't watch a demolition again. The son of one of his USMC buddies died in the World Trade Center.

The Stardust was classy, such a shame to see it go. I'm glad l got the opportunity to see it.

@kyoakland

4 жыл бұрын

I had sex with two hookers in it loved it

Was at Nellis AFB in late 1980s. Visited almost all of these for buffets, shows, etc. Sorry to see them and some of their unique architecture go.

Corporate America the mob ran the casino's better and took care of their employees. Should have kept some and just remodel and upgraded it would still hold grounds for the real Las Vegas.

@judithstarl.j545

3 жыл бұрын

RIP old vegas

Goodbye Riviera... You are missed...

Bedbugs just move next door.

@kyoakland

4 жыл бұрын

Na they didn't make it after that

I don't understand the cheering for history being destroyed. Maybe I'm weird

And the spirits of the rat pack and many others just a cloud of dust and fond memories.

Crazy how jet fuel do that.

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

wrong video sorry

@Xendrius

4 жыл бұрын

@@pissandcornflakes9119 Right video, it's gets dumb people's brain working.

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xendrius it is not jet fuel it is gun powder

@Xendrius

4 жыл бұрын

@@pissandcornflakes9119 I know, my comment was a joke, because WTC was demolished the same way but the explanation was jet fuel did it.

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xendrius oh

I like how you updated the video by including the Riviera (which was the most recent implosion so far), and fixing that error you made with the Stardust implosion, you said it was imploded in "1991", when really it was "2007".

Sad to see some of these icons gone. Guess in Vegas no one cares about history.

@daveslave7858

4 жыл бұрын

Nope just $$$$$$$$$

@DuckiestBoat959

4 жыл бұрын

Sin City.......

@jaziferret1138

4 жыл бұрын

What happens in vegas stays in vegas

@juliannaagoncillo6090

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, what?!? As a Vegas native, I disagree that no one cares about history, because I sure as hell am curious about how my city thrived, and I'd argue that implosions are part of Vegas culture. I forgot which video it was, but I agree that Vegas can be compared to a playground (a very hedonistic, vice-encouraging, keep-your-kids-offground playground) full of memories from the past. But much like culture, attitudes and society, change is inevitable and time moves forward; sometimes the city or place you visit will not be like the first visit, and whatever the city plans to reveal will bring forth new memories. I only agree partially about the lingering sadness of these imploded casinos because I was too young to experience any of these implosions (and the latest one I was unable because I studied off-state for a while). I guess it's because I'm looking forward to the next resort/project Vegas has planned (or wallow in empty spaces because hurdles/conflicts/money problems with the development). Maybe as a rebuttal, you could visit The Mob Museum? It talks about organized crime and its association with early Vegas; or maybe the Neon Museum? You just gotta find the right places that offers the contextual history of Vegas you're looking for. P.S. Of course no one visiting Vegas wants to learn about its darker times; they're too busy watching volcanoes, dancing water, and contracted headliners while disposing their money on champagne, overpriced food and leaving human decencies behind.

@johnclayton5062

4 жыл бұрын

Where I live in Riviera Beach, Florida, the city's doing the same thing. We've destroyed our history here too.

Frontier's countdown was amazing af

Lived in Vegas briefly in 95. I had a sessional job at the Grand Canyon before moving there. I was able to see The Landmark implosion. It's always sad to see these old Vegas hotels bite the dust. Unfortunately the same fate awaits the recently closed Tropicana.

So sad to see a whole bunch of hotels of history just blown up in smoke, 😢

@smug8567

5 жыл бұрын

One day the Mirage, Bellagio, MGM etc will be imploded, and then we will be the old timers wishing it to be like it was in the "Old Days". There will always be change, that is a given.

@mistervacation23

4 жыл бұрын

But the new ones are even better !

@dgull4541

4 жыл бұрын

to a point. they are nice. but i miss sitting up on top of the Landmark watching planes land at MAC.

@ignazs.5816

4 жыл бұрын

@@smug8567 Sadly, the era of Mob-run Vegas will never be repeated. It was the best time of Las Vegas. Now it's corporate ran and has lost its appeal and spark. No building will ever make that happen again.

@smug8567

4 жыл бұрын

@@ignazs.5816 I agree

I loved the bar on top of the Landmark. You could watch the volcano erupt over at Mirage while you had a drink.

@jogman262

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was! They used its demolition in the movie ‘Mars Attacks’.

@jogman262

3 жыл бұрын

It’s were I learned how to play Craps.

@jogman262

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Before the Stratosphere Tower there was the LandMark Tower. Good old days of Vegas.

In the mars attacks movie they used the landmark demolition as part of the movie where Martians destroyed it

@crookedman5896

4 жыл бұрын

also in the film Con Air u can see an actual casino falling as the plane come crashing through the strip

All Vegas has now is high end crappy overpriced casino's.

@umberct

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, there are still plenty of cheaper shitty hotels to stay in Vegas: Circus Circus is one of them. They’ll even shake you down for more money after you paid for your room on-line. You have to buy a coupon book for $30.00 at the desk, or you don’t get your room key. Rooms haven’t been updated since Sammy, Dean, Joey and Peter were around.

@desertmulehunter

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-sg3qj2et7s take a nap dude....

@NigelMontezuma

4 жыл бұрын

@CoolNerd04 Circus Circus, here comes Gordon Ramsay!!!

@lvsluggo007

4 жыл бұрын

No kidding.. I've lived here since 1996, and until I started driving a bit for Uber, I hadn't been on the strip in over 5 years. If the wife and I want to go out to a casino, we go to Boulder Station, a "locals" casino.. Food as good as any on the strip and probably 1/3 the price...

@michaellee2387

4 жыл бұрын

There's still Downtown/Fremont street. Just did a conference at The Plaza in August, and a scavenger hunt 2 weeks ago on the FSE. Still loads of fun, not cheap, but not unreasonable either (except traffic, get stuck in that twice a week+ going downtown😭).

When you see things come and go in your own life time it makes you realize how short your life really is

@freespeech4all757

4 жыл бұрын

The older I get, the more I realize this. Getting up into my mid 60s now. Letting go of the world, and getting closer to God as my life gets closer to the end. My once flexible strong body is getting creaky 'n' cranky and will perish like one of those buildings.

@Ozymandias1

4 жыл бұрын

@@freespeech4all757 All the schools I went to were demolished except one which is soon due to demolished. I never went to a school reunion. If there's no school there's no place to have a reunion at.

@paulburns1333

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ozymandias1 On the bright side, there's no more memories of getting the shit kicked out of you by bullies or bonkers teachers.

@Giyga

4 жыл бұрын

Im 13 and i genuinely regret reading this

@MS-zt2ho

4 жыл бұрын

Finally, somebody who doesn't moan and puts it into perspective. There isnt any particular force behind anything, except from time. It stops for nobody. You join the ride at one point in time and leave it at the other. You choose the life you live in between and however you make sense of the world as you see it.

Not understanding all the fools you hear cheering the demolition on! Crazy.

@pissandcornflakes9119

4 жыл бұрын

when is the last time you saw a building collapse on itself?

The Haceinda is by far one of my favorite hotels/casinos. Mainly because they were behind the worlds longest flight.

Aside from the Boardwalk, my wife and I have dined and gambled at all the other blown up casinos and stayed at a couple of them. We have very fond memories of them and those times. Sometime in the 1990’s it began to feel like McDonalds had taken over Vegas. We started going to the Laughlin casinos as they still had the old time Vegas feel to them. Last time we were there (around 2006) they seemed to be going in the direction of Vegas. Things were way better back then and I’m happy I was able to experience it.

A lot of people ( energy).in this show!. Thanks yuo for the VIDEO !. Sal.des.new yorkc.

Rest In Peace All Casino's

@dontrajano

Жыл бұрын

OMG SO SAd😥😥

My Grandparents stayed at the Riviera in 2003. When I was in Vegas in 2015, I saw the Riviera the building itself one last time. 😢😢

@dontrajano

Жыл бұрын

I was going to Las Vegas last time then I missed the old building

I lived there n LAS VEGAS for all of the Demolitions except for the Riviera: I either went and seen them in person or watched on TV. Vegas isn’t Vegas anymore change so much.

The Sands is a sad one. It was such an iconic place, the Rat Pack loved that joint

@tamelabaas3178

4 жыл бұрын

I stayed at the Sands when I was 16 years old that was 40 years ago. I'm 😢 sad

@user-lol966

3 жыл бұрын

@@tamelabaas3178 He was sad and He didn't want to go to the hotel. He started crying/loud crying/earrape crying too.

Out in the desert surrounding Las Vegas I witnessed a vast area of dumping grounds full of debris from many decades of demolitions like these.

The countdown for Frontier was super cool

@septiawoman2911

3 жыл бұрын

The Frontier Hotel was the last place where the Supremes performed together. RIP, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.

They should have kept all the signs and artifacts and names and just built modern hotel buildings.

@crookedman5896

4 жыл бұрын

they DID! they keep a ton of signage from each casino.. its in the Neon Museum. i hope to walk through the graveyard of old signs one day

@STARDRIVE

4 жыл бұрын

The old names are legendary. New buildings having the same 60's atmosphere indeed sounds like a winning formula. In the early days Vegas was unique, because it was about the only place were gambling was legit. Then came the tourists era, where Vegas was unique because of the classics and MOB vibe. Now, there is little we can't find anywhere else. Theme parks, hotels, restaurants, online gambling... I see those new resorts competing each other to death in the near future, which is already happening if the old Stardust building site is any indication. You wouldn't have seen those projects being cancelled halfway during the 60's, would you? Lots remaining vacant for years, or new projects build on the reminiscents of the previous owner. It looks like a pyramid game to me, a house cards. The biggest gamblers today are the ones investing. Hope that's not your pension fund ;)

the best places in town ..gone....now no hometown feeling anymore, just all monstrosities.

Las Vegas, Elvis has evacuated the Frontier Hotel because it will be demolished soon!

Stayed in two of those, the Boardwalk and the New Frontier....great times

My uncle (God Bless His Soul) used to work at the Stardust Casino.

@mightymorphinmonty7618

4 жыл бұрын

Datoryion Edmond Sorry for your loss, may your uncle Rest In Peace :(

@JoshyGoodtime1

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, my uncle worked there and he was the reason my fam moved to Vegas and lived there from 2001-2005. R.I.P. your uncle.

I was in vegas for the APA league for a week and stayed at the Riviera. I had never experienced 111° temps with very low humidity before. I was glad to get back to south Florida.

I was there for the Dunes demolition standing just about where the opening scene started. Only a block away. I can still feel the heat of those fireballs.

It’s so sad to see these hotels gone, I always wanted to visit those hotels one day 😢

Miss old Vegas so much

@jennylee1510

2 ай бұрын

Right? And pretty soon Tropicana hotel and casino is next to be imploded

The dunes hotel was a sad loss to Vegas… iconic with its Dunes sign outside. Can’t believe they flattened that as well! It should of been saved the sign alone

R.I.P Riviera 1953-2016

@TackyFlamingo

3 жыл бұрын

It was actually 1955-2015

Damn it The Aladdin and Stardust should've been preserved

@DopamineSerotoninOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

The Landmark looked cool too.

I've meet some old timers who talked about those old days with these buildings. Sad to see history being deleted from this earth. And mad to see how simular it is to another event we have been lied to about ‼

@OStrip

4 жыл бұрын

mob boys ? :)

So many memories, good and bad gone in an instant. After watching Casino this hits the ending of an era

watching that was actually very satisfying!

DUNES was the nicest demolition !!! Looked awesome !

what did you guys record stuff with in america back then? box brownie cameras...the quality is terrible

Those were fun to watch but I too saw a lot of old memories just fall to the ground.

Sometimes these imploded hotels required two series of blasts to take them down. Here is my guess.... 1. Regular dynamite charges to weaken the strong steel columns. Then there is a pause, and then... 2. RDX-shaped charges (more blasts) to do the rest, causing the building to finally give way, and create the designed building pancake collapse into itself. I now realized that for most of the implosions, CDI Demolition Company was responsible for this. If there were fireworks before or after the implosions, or on the implosion itself, a few of those implosion fireworks were done by Grucci. The Gruccis were credited for the Dunes and the Hacienda implosions, in particular.

@MasterFurret

Жыл бұрын

Wow great essay lol 😄😆

@MasterFurret

Жыл бұрын

I saw that with videos of the Sands implosion

The Dunes one looked really cool.

@EvilNeuro_IITPP

Ай бұрын

Ya it does JUST WHY WOULD THEY BLOW THE SIGN UP

It was a great town back in the day, my Parents took me to Vegas when I was 5 years old..to this still going at 58 years old., miss the old days, when I had to wear a suit as a kid for the great shows and dinner.Amazing those hotel icons took years to build and then down in seconds!

Even if it is a lucrative move in some way, it says something about us in this country that we preserve so little...build/destroy. It's kind of depressing. Most of those buildings looked great, and if they were actually in disrepair it's only because someone didn't care and dropped the ball.

@rcsutter

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you stayed in any of those in their last years, but they were pretty outdated (except the Stardust, it aged well) and people wanted to stay at the new resorts. But those places were built when land was still cheap and plentiful on the strip, and they didn't maximize the revenue per square foot very well. They had massive uncovered parking lots which made 0 dollars. And they had been already remodeled, added on to, and so forth for years. I get what you're saying, but in modern Vegas, it's all about making every dollar you can from every square foot of land you have and staying on top of the trends.

@kgbeezr75

4 жыл бұрын

@@rcsutter Ah, ok, yeah that makes sense. I've never actually been to Vegas, hope to one day though.

@dmannevada5981

4 жыл бұрын

You don't understand what Las Vegas is about. Las Vegas was never built with the intention of designating historical landmarks. Las Vegas not constantly updating would be like telling Disneyland they can't update a ride from the 60s to something more modern and current. Yeah, let's keep the old tea cups and designate them as an historical landmark because somebody was nostalgic about it. People are funny.

wait a minute, how old was the Aladdin? I remember hearing ads for it when it first opened and if I recall Barbara Eden from 'I Dream of Genie' was there for the grand opening and she wasn't exactly young at the time.

I remember watching the hotel 🏨 implosion when I was living in Las Vegas when I was a kid and it's still awesome.

Brilliant!

Seems like Vegas lost a lot of the cool casino/hotel names.

@hizamal-harazi1185

4 жыл бұрын

#wethenorth!!

The Landmark was the iconic shot used on a Sugar Ray album cover. I was sorry to see that one go.

0:25 Hey does anyone know if the post tension cables stay intact? The S seems to pull the T down on top of it.

frontier's demolition is the most creative thing ive ever seen so far

Nice job

Hey, you updated this video!

My husband and I stayed at the Aladdin the first time we went to Vegas.

@joecordt3489

3 жыл бұрын

So did I 1977

@divulgewithchip1099

3 жыл бұрын

@@joecordt3489 old

Very sad to see historic sights destroyed, especially the Landmark and the Sands

0:57 A-10 warthog strafe run

That dunes sign just went down that was INSANE

The dunes sign was one of the best things about Vegas..

Such good old memories 😥

just shows how temporary cheap buildings last, and oooh how much money was lost there.

in knight rider one of the episodes had taken place at one of these casinos like episode 1 Pilot

1:19 This one made me sad :-( That was a pretty building.

@harryfishback8173

4 жыл бұрын

It makes it's final appearance in Mars Attacks.

@harryfishback8173

4 жыл бұрын

My father was a pianist first performed in Las Vegas at the Dunes in '58. He played in the revolving restaurant at the Landmark many times over the years. .

How heartbreaking to see history just being gone in 60 seconds when I took so many people so long to make it

Wasn’t there an explosion where Robbie Knievel took off on a motorcycle when the hotel exploded?

Castaways was our hangout when we were young and “poor” longnecks and keno. Now you can’t even see the inside of a casino from the street if you tried. I used to go 10 times a year. Now once just because of an annual commitment with a group of buddies. .

So sad at the same time, there goes Las Vegas`s iconic buildings

I Love the smell of asbestos in the morning.

@noahg9000

4 жыл бұрын

Hap Pye I laughed out loud at your moment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TackyFlamingo

4 жыл бұрын

*Riviera’s Monte Carlo tower entered the chat*

I really liked the stardust, and the riviera and hacienda were so beautiful. It’s very unfortunate.

@StacksOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, even though I never visited it

@SylveonMujigae

4 жыл бұрын

The Hacienda site is now the Mandalay Bay.

Next time im in Vegas I might catch an implosion rather than a show. Seeing show there so common.

@xboxcontroller4811

4 жыл бұрын

Probably the hard rock hotel

Sometime in the late 90's or early 2000's there was a Vegas Hotel & Casino which was demolished on TV. What made this one different is that it ended up being aired on CNN because it was thought that someone was actually seen INSIDE the hotel just SECONDS before the explosion went off!... From the camera view that was pointed at the Hotel/Casino, a door was seen literally OPENING into one of the rooms from a high up floor, and a shadow that looked like a person could be seen running away from the door down the hallway. This was all caught on camera and filmed through the window of the Hotel. It was aired on CNN for DAYS afterwards, and they probably played the footage 100 times before it abruptly stopped being played. Fast forward to today, and it seems to be utterly IMPOSSIBLE to find any news reference of this occurrence. Granted, it was during a time when not everyone had a camera phone, so it seems plausible that it's difficult to find the video footage, but one would think at least the article would be available online, if only with still images. I have been searching for this news article and/or a video for years, but it seems as though it as literally been scrubbed from the internet. Many people I have talked to also remember this, and they do remember it the same way that I remember it, so it's not a misperception on my part. Oddly enough, I believe the first Hotel in this video is the SAME hotel!!! Does anyone else remember this? Does anyone have a link to the story? Did this really happen, or was it a mass imagination by dozens of people? Or even scarier yet, is this another example of the Mandela Effect? Any information, PLEASE!!!!

@factchannel2105

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin McIntyre I never knew that

@john.wick1

4 жыл бұрын

@@factchannel2105 Yep, my sister remembers watching it on the news too. Some people remember it being on the news because it was so tragic... that was back when news media actually reported REAL news stories.

@factchannel2105

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin McIntyre lol I’m sorry I don’t have any information on that I’ll try to look in to it

@john.wick1

4 жыл бұрын

@@factchannel2105 PLEASE!

@john.wick1

4 жыл бұрын

@CornerFurry Stupid teenagers? Urban explorers? Thieves? Homeless? Criminals hiding from the law? Photographers? In modern times even KZreadrs COMMONLY enter abandoned buildings without permission and without heeding warnings. I could literally think of 100 extremely plausible reasons.

As a little kid I lived in The Castaways, my dad managed from 1969 to about 1972. It was torn down in the late 80s to make the Mirage. Vegas was quite different. The building in video was not the original Castaways Hotel. The original was built in 1963 and was across the street from the Sands.l hotel.

@Skazellino

4 жыл бұрын

The Castaways you see in the video was originally The Showboat.

@gmcjetpilot

4 жыл бұрын

@@Skazellino Thank you. I was at the original Castaway.

Reading the comments, I am struck by the number of people who veiw a controlled demolition and compare it to a certain day of infamy. The demise of those old iconic casinos is very sad indeed.

It’s strange. I really hate casinos and have never been to (and have no desire to go to) Vegas but i still feel bad watching these

Seen Crazy Girls at the Riviera.

A good video would be what went up in their place. I was at the frontier the last day it close in July of 2007.