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Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
A worker drives a construction vehicle as crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto
Crews work to demolish parts of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, May 20, 2016. The two main towers are scheduled to be imploded in June and August. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
May 23, 2016 - 6:40 pm
 

Workers continued demolition operations at the shuttered Riviera on Friday, making progress toward the scheduled demolition of the towers in June and August.

The site is being cleared for expansion of Las Vegas Convention Center facilities.

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