The resort passed through several hands due to a stroke, a death, poor planning and overall, just bad luck. The Aladdin’s history is pretty complicated. So, without explosives, there would be no sharks. It was purchased by Circus-Circus in 1995 and imploded to make way for Mandalay Bay in a nationally televised event on December 31, 1996,” Vegas Tripping reports. “The Hacienda was the southernmost resort on the Las Vegas Strip standing as gatekeeper into Vegas for 30+ years. The Hacienda was demolished for yet another bigger, better and newer resort. “The Sands lives on, however, both visually in the original ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ film and on musical albums recorded live at the hotel by the likes of Sinatra, Davis, Jr. Unfortunately for the historical site, owner Sheldon Adelson decided to axe the casino to make room for the current italian-influenced resort. Where the Venetian stands today was once the ol’ stomping grounds of “The Rat Pack,” The Sands hotel and casino.

film “Mars Attack” features the implosion of the casino. The silver lining? The Landmark said an explosive goodbye Hollywood style. Once in the race for tallest structure in Nevada at 15 stories - beat out by The Mint at 26 stories - this “space age” building eventually fell into financial trouble and struggled to stay open for decades. This off-Strip construction was one of the last of six casinos owned by billionaire Howard Hughes, Online Nevada reports. With a pyrotechnics show worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, the Dunes met her fiery death.” 27th, 1993, with the implosion of the Dunes North Tower. “Steve Wynn bought the Dunes and started the implosion trend on Oct. The South Tower was added in 1979,” Vegas Today and Tomorrow reports. When the North Tower was added in 1964, it was one of the finest and largest hotels on the strip.

“The Dunes opened as a low rise resort in 1955. It is one of the quickest and painless ways that an old building can be wiped away to make room for a new one.” – We Do It All Vegas ” Las Vegas has always found a way to reinvent itself over the years, and one of the most entertaining ways this is made possible is through the process of implosion. It’s certainly a sight to see, and when a casino closes its doors, sometimes the only solution is to blow it up - in a legal and controlled environment, of course. We’ll tackle them one by one in Knowing Vegas. That said, we want to solve them, so we asked what questions about Las Vegas you’ve always wanted answered. Las Vegas is full of mysteries, even if you’ve lived here your entire life. (Mark Damon/Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal) Smoke and dust shroud the Wynn Hotel-Casino across Las Vegas Boulevard after the implosion of the New Frontier Hotel-Casino on Tuesday, Nov.

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