How much do you know about implosions in Las Vegas? — QUIZ
The Aladdin hotel-casino collapses under its own weight as it is imploded on the Las Vegas Strip, April 27, 1998. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The tower of the Landmark hotel-casino comes crashing down during a planned implosion of the iconic Las Vegas Strip property on November 7, 1995. (Review-Journal file)
The Stardust Hotel is imploded on the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, March 13, 2007, to pave the way for Boyd Gaming Corp.‘s $4.4 billion megaresort complex, Echelon.(Review-Journal file)
Fireworks explode around the Stardust Hotel/Casino shortly before being imploded on Tuesday morning, March 13, 2007. (Jeff Schied/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Onllokers surround the New Frontier Hotel-Casino as in crumbles in implosion on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. (Mark Damon/Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Smoke and dust shroud the Wynn Hotel-Casino across Las Vegas Boulevard after the implosion of the New Frontier Hotel-Casino on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. (Mark Damon/Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rubble that was formerly the Sands hotel-casino is shown following being imploded, Tuesday morning, Nov. 26, 1996. (Jim Laurie/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Since the first implosion in the Las Vegas Valley in 1993, they've become major events celebrating the new and remembering the old.
If you've lived in Las Vegas that long or longer, you've seen the Las Vegas Strip transform into something new every few years — the Strip 20 years ago wouldn't recognize the Strip today. Locals have said goodbye to classic casinos that helped spread the name Las Vegas around the world, as well as some others you probably forgot about.
With that in mind, how much do you know about the implosions? Test your knowledge below.
Contact Kristen DeSilva at kdesilva@reviewjournal.com. Find her on Twitter: @kristendesilva
