Stardust Implosion
This was a major event in Las Vegas last night. They closed the Legendary Stardust on Nov. 1st and imploded the hotel late last night.
Here is a website that has been following the entire deal and has video of the Stardust imploding.
Great Site
http://www.leavinglv.net/stardust.html [leavinglv.net]">http://www.leavinglv.net/stardust.html [leavinglv.net]>
posted by mustand1z
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LMAO I just came to post the news and you beat me. nice 1. so sad.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/13/lasvegas.hotel.implosion.ap/index.html [cnn.com]">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/13/lasveg [cnn.com] ... index.html
posted by ricky
March 13 2007 11:15am -
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thanks for the post fellas... wow!
posted by dab2dap
March 13 2007 12:19pm -
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For the rookies going for their first time out..you missed a Vegas tradition for any consumate sports gambler....We'll miss you Dust. It was fun while it lasted.
posted by pc7588
March 13 2007 1:48pm -
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i went to stardust recently to see "HAVANA NIGHTS" .. good show !!!
Hope my fellow cubanos got out before the implosion!!! hahahaha
posted by dab2dap
March 13 2007 2:28pm -
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I agree..the Stardust was a great place. Vegas is slowly moving forward check out whats happening soon
1) New Frontier to be demolished very soon
2) Sahara just sold and to be to be re themed (we know what that means)
3) Aladdin currently to be renamed Planet Hollywood
4) Tropicana sold and going under a major project which will include tearing down most of the original property.
5) The Riveria is accepting bids currently and should find a new owner in the next 12 mths
Ballys most likely to be imploded and made into the new Horseshoe brand casino from Harrahs
6) Harrahs just completed a sale of 24 acres next to the old stardust for Barbary Coast (small hotel next to flamingo)
Which gives Harrahs the largest connected tracts on the strip (Harrahs, Imperial Palace, Flamingo, Barbary Coast a.k.a Bills Gamblin Hall and Ballys.. can you say monopoly?
I follow most all of the major events in Vegas and am a hugh Vegas history buff.
More and more revenue streams are coming from hotel rooms, shows and clubs. This newer Vegas visitor wants the nicer place and to see the shows and clubs while maybe dropping 200 on gambling. We are seeing a shifting of values and the older resorts unable to meet what the 2007 Vegas tourist is looking for!
What a shame!
There is alot of history there..but not for long.
posted by mustand1z
March 13 2007 5:06pm -
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"daB2daP":247rlbr9
i went to stardust recently to see "HAVANA NIGHTS" .. good show !!!
Hope my fellow cubanos got out before the implosion!!! hahahahahey..just a question. dont they have a cuban or two in Miami that do shows (Gloria Estefan doesn't count) ? Why a brotha gotta roll out to Vegas to see some?
Just busting balls! lmfao
GL today playas
posted by mustand1z
March 13 2007 5:12pm -
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alright..this is pretty cool as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLSb_xNoXo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eleavinglv%2Enet%2Fhome%2Ehtml [youtube.com]">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLSb_xN [youtube.com] ... ome%2Ehtml
posted by mustand1z
March 13 2007 5:48pm -
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damn, what a shame! It's strange seeing something so cool and so sad at the same time.
Was lucky enough to stay there last Sept.(think they closed in Nov)and while it was kinda rough around the edges it had a vibe that can't be bought. The cocktail waitress at our BJ table had been there since the opening in 1958!:shock: She too was kinda rough around the edges (48 years in a casino might just do that to you) but had a charm the plastic girls at the fancy joints couldn't touch. For a buck a round my heineken was never empty.
A middle class joe like me is running out of options on the strip. Don't get me wrong I like the fancy joints too, stayed at Bellagio after my wedding and it was great, I think the bed probably cost more than my car! Then again the 250 a night will get me a week downtown. That's not to mention all the 6/5 blackjack and crappy video poker everywhere.
The Dust always had live lounge bands too, albeit sometimes quite cheesy, another entertainment option slowly disappearing. shit, just 10 years ago it was hard to find a joint without some live jazz or soul or r&b or whatever. Now you get one or two schnooks singin to a recorded band in most lounges.
RIP Stardust
posted by astroman
March 13 2007 7:17pm