New look in the works for the Tropicana
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Feb23,2006,3:55 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT>Feb 23, 2006, 03:55 PM EST
Plans are now in the works for one of the most impressive implosions we've seen yet - two giant towers at once. The company that owns the Tropicana is considering demolishing the hotel and re-building it from scratch.
One clear sign that the end my be near for the Tropicana is the fact that the hotel is no longer taking room reservations past April 15. News 3 got an exclusive preview of what the new resort might look like.
Details of the project are on file with the County. The drawings aren't very flashy, but they show a massive project with a three wing hotel, like the Mirage, with nearly 3,000 rooms. If it goes ahead there would likely be a double imlosion of the old towers.
Lebene Ohene is the County Planner who sees all the mega-resort plans that get submitted. She believes this is a good time for the Tropicana to catch up with the neighborhood.
"If you look at that corner there are three major resorts that have been built there, so this will finally make everything new on that corner," said Ohene.
Aztar, the Arizona Corporation that owns the Tropicana, says no decision has been made yet on whether to go ahead with the new resort. They point out that just because the Tropicana is no longer taking reservations beyond April doesn't necessarily mean the property is about to close.
The Tropicana is one of at least five hotels on the Strip that could be demolished within the next year to make way for massive ne projects.
The next Las Vegas hotel to be imploded will be The Boardwalk. It shut down last month and is scheduled for demolition in early March.
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Feb23,2006,3:55 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT>Feb 23, 2006, 03:55 PM EST
Plans are now in the works for one of the most impressive implosions we've seen yet - two giant towers at once. The company that owns the Tropicana is considering demolishing the hotel and re-building it from scratch.
One clear sign that the end my be near for the Tropicana is the fact that the hotel is no longer taking room reservations past April 15. News 3 got an exclusive preview of what the new resort might look like.
Details of the project are on file with the County. The drawings aren't very flashy, but they show a massive project with a three wing hotel, like the Mirage, with nearly 3,000 rooms. If it goes ahead there would likely be a double imlosion of the old towers.
Lebene Ohene is the County Planner who sees all the mega-resort plans that get submitted. She believes this is a good time for the Tropicana to catch up with the neighborhood.
"If you look at that corner there are three major resorts that have been built there, so this will finally make everything new on that corner," said Ohene.
Aztar, the Arizona Corporation that owns the Tropicana, says no decision has been made yet on whether to go ahead with the new resort. They point out that just because the Tropicana is no longer taking reservations beyond April doesn't necessarily mean the property is about to close.
The Tropicana is one of at least five hotels on the Strip that could be demolished within the next year to make way for massive ne projects.
The next Las Vegas hotel to be imploded will be The Boardwalk. It shut down last month and is scheduled for demolition in early March.