Space is limited — and expensive — for anyone wanting to stay at a casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip the night of the Tropicana implosion.
The Tropicana Las Vegas will be imploded at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The controlled demolition will be preceded by a drone and fireworks show that is expected to last approximately seven minutes.
But seeing the spectacle will be challenging because there is no formal viewing area and officials are shutting down street access to both pedestrians and vehicles for safety reasons.
Following the announcement of the Rat Pak-era casino’s impending demolition, hotel room rates at the properties in the immediate vicinity — MGM Grand and The Signature, New York New York, Excalibur and Luxor — skyrocketed.
