The Dunes hotel in Las Vegas was an icon of the Las Vegas strip for decades, until its life was cut short in 1993 by Steve Wynn, who decided that the ageing hotel had reached the end of its life and needed to go.
So it was that the Dunes was imploded in front of thousands of invited onlookers and tourists amid a spectacle of fireworks, pyrotechnics and showmanship. No-one does a hotel implosion like a Vegas hotel implosion!
Posted on Friday, June 1st, 2007 at 10:06 pm by Mike Evans Filed under Vegas Implosions
The Stardust was imploded on 3rd March 2007 to make way for the $4 billion Echelon Place resort. The Stardust was one of the Strip’s more iconic casinos, and had been running since 1958. Now, all that’s left is rubble, and the promise of another 5,300 rooms being built in its place.
But enough of the tear-jerking sorrow – in Vegas, everything’s a show, and that includes imploding buildings! And with The Stardust, Boyd Gaming (its owners, and the people behind Echelon Place) pulled out all the stops to create one of the most amazing implosions yet seen.
The Stardust Hotel was a legendary hotel in Las Vegas, with an iconic sign, distinctive building, and playing host to scores of famous acts down the ages. Until, that is, it was demolished in March 2007. Now, it’s just a heap of smouldering rubble, waiting for the new $4 billion Echelon Place to be constructed over its ruins.
This photo set, and others in our new Changing Vegas gallery, shows just how quickly the landscape of Vegas changes. The photo on the left was taken in April 2006, and shows The Stardust in all its glory, standing proudly beneath a glorious blue sky. Fast forward a year, and all that’s left is a smouldering heap of rubble – even the sky’s turned grey! The Stardust is no more, but from its ashes will rise the huge new Echelon Place. Another Vegas icon bites the dust, only to be resurrected as another Vegas mega-resort.
More pictures of the changing face of Vegas after the jump.
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