Twelve years ago today, the Stardust Resort and Casino was imploded. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Most of the 200-room Clarion Hotel, also known as the Royal Americana, Paddlewheel, Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Greek Isles, came down in 10 seconds, the final piece collapsed into history on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
An unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy residential and retail complex and the Las Vegas Valley’s second building implosion in less than a week went as scheduled scheduled early Sunday morning. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The implosion of the Clarion Hotel and Casino went off a little before 3:00 AM Tuesday morning but left the partially imploded elevator core of about 8 stories in height still standing with a pronounced lean.