The Tropicana Las Vegas hotel — famous as both a Rat Pack haunt and a monument to mobster lore — was imploded at 2:30 a.m. local time to make room for a baseball stadium. “Tonight we bid ...

LAS VEGAS — Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light ... cleared land for a $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the relocating Oakland Athletics, part of the city's latest ...

The Tropicana Las ... casino on the strip, and one of the last remaining ties to the city's mob era, per the Associated Press. A $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium for the Oakland ...

This Wednesday, however, thousands gathered in the middle of a midweek night on the south end of the Strip to witness the implosion of the historic Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino.

The iconic Tropicana ... casino and resort ceased operations in April to make way for a new baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics team that is relocating to Sin City. "The Tropicana Las ...

LAS VEGAS -- Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion to clear land for a $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the relocating Oakland ...

With the Athletics' Las Vegas ballpark groundbreaking just days away, take a look back at the four-year timeline that brought ...

The Tropicana Casino, one of Las Vegas’ longest-standing and most historic hotels, went out with a bang on Wednesday as it was demolished to make room for a new Major League Baseball stadium.