Celebrating the final hours of the Tropicana in Las Vegas — PHOTOS
The Tropicana, the Strip’s third-oldest casino, closed its doors permanently Tuesday. Review-Journal photographers documented its last 12 hours.
![Now shut down, the table games staff and others gather for a 'selfie" and champagne toast ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24001.jpg)
Now shut down, the table games staff and others gather for a 'selfie" and champagne toast during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Tropicana Security Manager Robert McNeley locks the doors as the Rat Pack-era resort-hotel clos ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24002.jpg)
Tropicana Security Manager Robert McNeley locks the doors as the Rat Pack-era resort-hotel closes on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Some of the finals guests walk to the parking garade at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24003.jpg)
Some of the finals guests walk to the parking garade at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![A few remain still on as most electronic games and slot machines are shut down at the Tropicana ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24004.jpg)
A few remain still on as most electronic games and slot machines are shut down at the Tropicana on the final night of gaming on Monday, April 1, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![The last hand of blackjack is played and chips collected during the final night of gaming at th ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24005.jpg)
The last hand of blackjack is played and chips collected during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Playing cards are gathered from an automatic shuffling machine as table games are concluded dur ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24006.jpg)
Playing cards are gathered from an automatic shuffling machine as table games are concluded during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Nancy Kirk of Saratoga, Calif. walks under the famous stained-glass ceiling on the final day of ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24007.jpg)
Nancy Kirk of Saratoga, Calif. walks under the famous stained-glass ceiling on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Ana and Julio Rendon play one of the few remaining slot machines as most about them are shut do ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24008.jpg)
Ana and Julio Rendon play one of the few remaining slot machines as most about them are shut down during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Workers prepare to remove gaming machines on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24009.jpg)
Workers prepare to remove gaming machines on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Heather Holliday, left, and Liinda Garisto take a stroll about the remaining active electronic ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24010.jpg)
Heather Holliday, left, and Liinda Garisto take a stroll about the remaining active electronic machines during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Chips are stacked and counted after the last craps game is concluded during the final night of ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24011.jpg)
Chips are stacked and counted after the last craps game is concluded during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![A bag of playing cards is set aside following the final table games during the final night of g ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24012.jpg)
A bag of playing cards is set aside following the final table games during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![A security team delivers pizza to the near empty registration area during the final night of ga ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24013.jpg)
A security team delivers pizza to the near empty registration area during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Now shut down the table games staff and others gather for a champagne toast during the final ni ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24014.jpg)
Now shut down the table games staff and others gather for a champagne toast during the final night of gaming at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![A woman talks with security personnel at the main door as the final night of gaming has conclud ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24015.jpg)
A woman talks with security personnel at the main door as the final night of gaming has concluded at the Tropicana on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
![Workers load gaming machines into trucks on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24016.jpg)
Workers load gaming machines into trucks on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Melanda Alcairo, who has worked at the Tropicana front desk for 21 years, waves goodbye to Todd ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24017.jpg)
Melanda Alcairo, who has worked at the Tropicana front desk for 21 years, waves goodbye to Todd Du Bosq, his wife Marianna, and children Juliet, 11, and Adrian, 8, all of Alexandria, Va., at the Tropicana on closing day on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Donna Hart, who has worked as a showgirl and other positions at the Tropicana for 42 years, sho ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24018.jpg)
Donna Hart, who has worked as a showgirl and other positions at the Tropicana for 42 years, shows a photo of her on the front page of the Review-Journal from May 25, 1994, on closing day at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Senior Casino Host Lionel Madrid signs a memory book on closing day at the Tropicana on the Str ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24019.jpg)
Senior Casino Host Lionel Madrid signs a memory book on closing day at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Brown has been a chef at the Trop for 37 years.(K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Hotel Manager Cynthia Suhyoun, left, hugs Lynn Bradley, who has worked as lead operator for 11 ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24020.jpg)
Hotel Manager Cynthia Suhyoun, left, hugs Lynn Bradley, who has worked as lead operator for 11 years, on closing day at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Jeff “Elvis of Las Vegas” Stanulis poses with Nancy Brown at the Tropicana on clo ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24021.jpg)
Jeff “Elvis of Las Vegas” Stanulis poses with Nancy Brown at the Tropicana on closing day on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Brown has been a chef at the Trop for 37 years. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Employees thank guests on closing day at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24022.jpg)
Employees thank guests on closing day at the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Tropicana General Manager Arik Knowles, left, hugs 37-year employee Cassandra Ennis after locki ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24023.jpg)
Tropicana General Manager Arik Knowles, left, hugs 37-year employee Cassandra Ennis after locking the doors as the Rat Pack-era resort-hotel closes on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
![Lynn Carlson shows a momento as her boyfriend, Mike Saccone, loads their luggage on the final d ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19025021_web1_TROP-CLOSING-GALLERY-APR03-24024.jpg)
Lynn Carlson shows a momento as her boyfriend, Mike Saccone, loads their luggage on the final day of the Tropicana on the Strip in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Saccone, who performed at the Laugh Factory comedy club for 35 years, performed at the final show on Sunday night. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
The Tropicana, the Strip’s third-oldest casino, closed its doors permanently Tuesday. It was two days short of the 67th anniversary of its opening.
Review-Journal photographers documented the final 12 hours of the Tropicana. Take a look at the scene above.
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