This Week in Gambling: Tropicana Las Vegas implosion dates

When will the Tropicana Las Vegas be imploded? We have a pretty good idea now that the permits have been filed, But could a buyout of Bally Corporation put the new Vegas baseball stadium deal in jeopardy?

Everyone wants a specific date for the planned Tropicana implosion, but the truth is we can’t give you one. However, we do have enough information to narrow down the date to a specific time frame. And maybe, if we look at things logically, we can get pretty close to a specific day.

First, most people know that Bally’s Corp. owns the Tropicana. They submitted an explosive use permit application on July 11th for “The Implosion of the Tropicana and Paradise Towers.” The proposed timeline for the “move-in” is 30 September, with a “move-out” scheduled for 8 October.

While we’re not demolition experts or mathematicians, even we can calculate that this is a nine day window. This strongly suggests that the Tropicana implosion could take place during that time. And while we don’t officially understand what the move in and move out dates are, it seems reasonable that those would be the dates the implosion company arrives and departs.