The Tropicana, the third-oldest casino on the Las Vegas Strip, closed in April after welcoming guests for 67 years. An elaborate implosion reduced it to rubble on Wednesday.

As Las Vegas rapidly evolved in the following decades, including a building boom of Strip megaresorts in the 1990s, the Tropicana also underwent major changes. Two hotel towers were added in later ...

The Tropicana was dubbed the "Tiffany of the Strip," described as the most expensive hotel-casino built in Las Vegas when it opened with three stories and 300 rooms in 1957 at a cost of $15 million.

The Tropicana Casino, one of Las Vegas' longest-standing and most historic hotels, was demolished after 67 years to make room for a new Major League Baseball stadium.

The Tropicana Las Vegas, built in 1957, held the city’s longest-running cabaret and was synonymous with its swinging midcentury glory. It could be torn down to make way for a baseball stadium.

As Las Vegas rapidly evolved in the following decades, including a building boom of Strip megaresorts in the 1990s, the Tropicana also underwent major changes. Two hotel towers were added in later ...

Las Vegas loses one of its classic casinos this week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with UNLV historian Michael Green about the glamor, gambling, and one-time mob connections of the Tropicana.

The Tropicana opened on April 4, 1957. At the time, it was the most expensive casino ever built in Las Vegas, costing $15 million, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “It was a very high ...

The Tropicana Las Vegas’s demolition follows the city’s long tradition of imploding its past to make room for the future. This time it’s for the A’s baseball stadium.

Tropicana Las Vegas hotel towers are demolished on October 9. The spectacle surrounding the end of the "Tiffany of the Strip" was accompanied by fireworks and a light show. AP Photo/David Becker ...

LAS VEGAS – The Tropicana hotel-casino plans to lay off more 620 workers in October. The resort on the south end of The Strip will stay open, but the permanent reductions will start Oct. 15 ...

That’s all, folks. 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 ...