Hotel Tropicana in Las Vegas - made famous in James Bond's 1971 film 'Diamonds are Forever' - was demolished in a livestream.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next ‘I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,’ James Bond says in the 1971 film ‘Diamonds are Forever’. In its heyday the gambling floors of its casino were a frequent haunt of Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong and Groucho Marx. Tropicana’s past under mob rule also cemented its place in the lore of Las Vegas – but no more.
555 drones and a display of fireworks were part of the show before the demolition of Hotel Tropicana Smoke envelopes the building before it was demolished The hotel was demolished 67 years after opening its doors for the first time A total of 917,400 square feet were demolished. About 500 pounds of explosives were distributed across the steel-framed 23-story Paradise Tower to bring it down.
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