FAREWELL, OLD FRIEND: Tropicana hotel imploded in Las Vegas spectacle
Former casino mogul Steve Wynn changed the way Las Vegas blew up casinos in 1993 with the implosion of the Dunes to make room for the Bellagio. Wynn thought not only to televise the event but create a fantastical story for the implosion that made it look like pirate ships at his other casino across the street were firing at the Dunes.