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Tears, cheers and beers. They all marked the final hours of the Tropicana, one of the oldest of the remaining old-school Vegas casinos that once was…

The story of the Las Vegas Strip started more than 80 years ago this week on a ranch. More specifically, a Western-themed resort called El Rancho…

Tears, cheers and beers. They all marked the final hours of the Tropicana, one of the oldest of the remaining old-school Vegas casinos that once was…

Tourists who want to be a part of a Rat Pack-era Strip resort’s last days can still get a room, according to booking websites Thursday. Room…

When the New Frontier was imploded in 2007, the spectacle featured a fireworks show, cheering onlookers and a chanted countdown to the resort’s destruction. Approaching 17…

“It was where all the celebrities wanted to be,” Marlene Pendleton recalled. “It was the ‘Tiffany of the Strip,’ they said.” The former showgirl, who joined…

The pending Tropicana closure will take out the third-oldest casino on the Strip – a place with a historic skyline that has a tendency to look…

The Tropicana will close its doors Tuesday, two days shy of the 67th anniversary of its opening. The current owners and operators of the 1,467-room South…

Las Vegas resident Kit Vega stood near the center of the action at the Tropicana on Saturday night, taking in her last moments at the property…

Pamela Coleman has been a bartender at the Tropicana for 37 years, but she still vividly remembers her interview. She came to the Miami Beach-themed property…