Stardust Casino Implosion
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The Stardust opened July 2, 1958, as the world's largest hotel and catered to middle America with $6-a-night rooms and low-minimum stakes gambling. But as bigger, classier casinos sprung up around it in the late 1980s and '90s and patrons began shelling out more for. The Stardust anchored the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip for nearly 50 years from its opening in 1958 until its closure and implosion on March 13, 2007. Stardust will be replaced by a new mega-resort called Echelon Place. Video taken by LeavingLV.net. Implosion of the Boardwalk. Containing 70 personal photos of the final days of the Stardust Casino Las Vegas from Oct 2006 to the Implosion of March 13, 2007. Contains photos while the casino was open, Interior photos of the casino shortly after closing, The building being stripped, sign being dismantled, demolition, and implosion. The Stardust - March, 2007 How did it look: Wake up, sleepy. It happened in the dark at 2am. Emotional impact: High. The resort screamed 'vintage Vegas' with an iconic sign, drive-in movie theater.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The implosion of one of President Donald Trump's former Atlantic City casinos is being delayed by a few weeks.
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said Thursday that the demolition company handling the job told the city the former Trump Plaza casino cannot be brought down as scheduled on Jan. 29.
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A more likely date is sometime in February, although a firm date has not yet been set, the mayor said.
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The city is using the demolition as an opportunity to raise funds for the Boys And Girls Club of Atlantic City. Small said he hopes to exceed $1 million from the auction.
The highest bidder will win the right to press the button that implodes the building.
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Trump Plaza opened in 1984, and was the site of numerous high-profile boxing matches that Trump, then a real estate developer, attended.
It shut down in 2014 and has fallen into disrepair, necessitating its demolition.
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The property is currently owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.