O.k Now heres a quick break down... I live in Las Vegas... thats about it.
Well tonight was the last night that the Frontier Casino was standing.
I've lived here for 12 years and had the chance to see a few implosions but never went.
Now when they normally do these things theres fireworks and a lot of people tailgate on the rooftops of the parking garages surronding the doomed casino. The fireworks were insane and the implosion was crazy, I have never seen so much dust flying at me.
It was just an amzing experience.
I would recommend if anyone can make it to Las Vegas when the Stratosphere is going down
U NEED TO MAKE IT HERE! They say maybe within the next 3 years it'll happen. (its the tallest casino in Las Vegas)
My buddy has his own website on all of the Casinos that have left this city with a lot of good pics and video.
Check this out

 

lucky bastard. i always wanted to go to lv but am not going to go until i have at least 10g to waste there

 

they've done some local buildings around here, but i've never gone to watch.
looks cool on tv, though!
....and the stratosphere is coming down? wow, THAT will be something to see!

 

Haven't heard anything about the Stratosphere coming down. If it is actually going to be demolished, how come they recently built Insanity in 2005? That would be a huge waste of money.

 

Nice fireworks show, lasted way longer the the demolition
I saw the Hacienda go down (which is now Mandalay Bay)in the mid 90's, it was on a new year's eve. I have a video of it somewhere at home. It was the first demolition I've experienced and it was great!!

 

its a shame they have to limit how they blow it up to take it down, if only they could just go all out and really blow them up! oh well still very nice and i'm planning on going to vegas this summer yay

 

funny, the wife and I stayed there last year - it was cheap - both in price and service. We just went back to LV (stayed at teh Excaliber this time) three weekends ago and saw it was shutdown and heard this morning that it was demolished. Would have been nice to see it go.

 

I watched the old stadium in Cincinnati go down before they built the new red's field, It was amazing to watch.

 

I can only imagine seeing a stadium go down, crazy. The explosion itself was ridiculously loud, and as far as the stratosphere goes the casino was sold to new owners a few years ago that have watched popularity and business drop steady. I have only heard rumors but it seems like a real possibility within the next 3-5 years. I cant figure out how they'll drop that thing its freakin' huge.

 

doing the countdown in fireworks was cool