Those who want to watch the Tropicana implode will be restricted by road and sidewalk closures | Traffic

Those hoping to catch a glimpse of the Tropicana implosion next week will have limited visibility due to road and sidewalk closures from nearby locations.

A security perimeter zone is being established near the Rat Pack-era resort as nearly 2,100 pounds of explosives will bring down the two hotel towers in 22 seconds. A seven-minute drone and fireworks show is planned for Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. leading up to the implosion.

According to Clark County, roads around the Tropicana will be closed at 11 p.m. Tuesday, with general boundaries being Park Avenue to the north and Mandalay Bay Road to the south, as well as Koval Lane to the east and Frank Sinatra Drive to the west. Reno Avenue and the stretch from Frank Sinatra to Koval will also be closed. The entire closure will occur on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

The affected roads will remain closed until 6 a.m. Wednesday, well after the resort's demolition.

“Uniformed officers will be on site to keep pedestrian and vehicle traffic out of the area,” Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling said in an email.

There were no designated public areas for the implosion, Welling added.

The event begins with a ceremony with representatives from Tropicana owner Bally's Corp., the Athletics, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Clark County leading up to the air show featuring 555 drones and a fireworks display from the famous Fireworks by Grucci. This seven-minute performance leads up to the main event, with Controlled Demolition dropping the trope in under half a minute.

The Tropicana will be demolished to make way for the Athletics' proposed $1.5 billion, 33,000-capacity baseball stadium. After the resort is reduced to rubble and crews clear the site, construction on the A's home in Las Vegas is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of next year and host games for the 2028 Major League Baseball season.

The stadium will be built on 9 hectares of the 35 hectare site. Bally's Corp. plans to build a new resort around the ballpark on the remaining space.

Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson told the Review-Journal last month that the event would be the last of its kind in Las Vegas for some time.

“It's been years since we last did one, and it will probably be many, many years before we do another one,” Gibson said of the implosion.

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