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New Frontier Implosion Set for November 13

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Another long time casino is disappearing from the Las Vegas strip. Plans have been made to implode the New Frontier on November 13th at 2:30 a.m. The New Frontier was sold for $1.2 billion in May and closed in July. The implosion is being handled by a company called Controlled Demolition. They have done many [...]

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An Explosive Farewell To The Legendary Stardust Resort And Casino

March 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

During the wee morning hours of March 13, 2007, Sin City was about to close another chapter of old-style Las Vegas. The legendary Stardust Resort and Hotel said its final good night. At 2:00 am the implosion event kicked off with a spectacular five minute fireworks display leading into a ten second countdown. As the [...]

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Stardust Implosion Set for March 13, 2:30 AM

March 2nd, 2007 · 5 Comments

There are unconfirmed reports that the implosion of the legendary Stardust Hotel is set for March 13th at 2:30am. The closest I have come to an official word this is a person claiming to work for the demolition company leaving a comment on an LA Times story about Stardust implosion that says: I work for [...]

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