Tropicana casino in Las Vegas demolished in controlled implosion – video
The Tropicana, a landmark hotel and the last true mob-era casino in Las Vegas, was reduced to rubble on Wednesday. The legendary haunt of the Rat Pack and the place James Bond said he had heard was quite comfortable in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever, was destroyed in an elaborate implosion accompanied by a firework display
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