An executive explained why Bally’s is in no hurry to produce plans for a resort that would be attached to the Oakland Athletics’ stadium at the Tropicana site.
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The stained glass above the Tropicana’s former casino pit is being removed while the shuttered casino prepares for a fall demolition.
The Tropicana was profitable right up to its April 2 closing date, and operators didn’t close early because it was losing money, according to executives of the company that owns the resort’s land.
Tropicana owner Bally’s Corp. filed for a commercial demolition permit with Clark County as preparations continue to build a ballpark for the Oakland Athletics.
Tears, cheers and beers. They all marked the final hours of the Tropicana, one of the oldest of the remaining old-school casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
Interested shoppers can buy theater doors, room furniture sets, 1,500 flat-screen TVs and other pieces of the Strip resort.
Bally’s Corp. chairman Soo Kim provided some preliminary plans on the upcoming demolition of the historic property.
Rates are much higher than normal for the Rat Pack-era Strip resort’s last days, but prices have inched down from earlier in the month.
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Excavators have appeared on the perimeter of the Las Vegas Strip resort property as it prepares to close its doors to make way for an Oakland Athletics ballpark.