![]() ![]() The Riviera's implosion marks the latest kiss goodbye to what's left among the relics to Vegas' mobster past. The tourism agency bought the 2,075-room property across 26 acres last year for $182.5 million, plus $8.5 million in related transaction costs, with plans to expand its Las Vegas Convention Center. Officials said the Monte Carlo Tower will be imploded in August. The shuttered casino's owners, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, spent $42 million to level the 13-building campus. "The Riv" closed in May 2015 after 60 years on the northern end of the Strip. when a series of explosions sounded, followed by the building crumbling from the sides and then into the middle, kicking up a mountain of dust.Ī fireworks display erupted moments before the demolition. ![]() The 24-story Monaco Tower was demolished around 2:30 a.m. LAS VEGAS, NV - The Riviera Hotel and Casino - the Las Vegas Strip's first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City's mobster past - officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion, complete with fireworks. ![]()
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