The Desert Inn Hotel IMPLOSION

[duhavifk]

Mall of America

[kbusuego]

it looks like gold coast

[Bartels92]

The mighty Stardust just sits there in disbelief at what is happening to the north strip. Frontier and Desert Inn had to go, but the Stardust should have been kept

[123chunhou]

when u took it wynn wasn'y even open yet.why were their lights on they're not open yet?

[spamdude060]

When Ricky Tan falls out the window, his hotel also falls!

[dad90]

This was one of the best hotels, and this one HURT!

[Vincentpark]

i worked there in 98 to 00. Tears my heart!!

[XTRUTHDRUMSX]

i was one of the pyro guys that worked on rush hour 2 production crew when it was being filmed there...a shame to see it go.

[2rijigtonlager]

Dude, i was there, on holiday from the netherlands....

Totally awesome!

thanks for this upload!

[gitoe777]

I was there visiting from England, a once in a lifetime opportunity and it was amazing - thanks for posting it.

[FlameTheHedgehog2]

The building just kinda melts XD

[Kashito91]

OMG THANK YOU! I've been looking for this for ages!!

[SoundRoss]

no thank you! my pleasure! i made a vid of the stardust going down too if youre interested

[Kashito91]

I'm really interested now! I love how they blasted the front entrance first!

[SoundRoss]

standing across the street from an implosion of a massive building creates a feeling unlike any other. you can feel it in your body when the charges go off..its intense

[Kashito91]

I could Imagine. I wish I was there...standing opposite the front entrance!

[theclayguy]

The old hotel buildings had great architectural designs and were nice to look at. The giant buildings we see today (like the Wynn) are big eyesores.

[Vegasrossie]

which ones certainly not hacienda or thunderbird (el rancho), frontier or even sands or dunes.

Caesars yes and to an extent landmark but how can you say Wynn is an eyesore just because it is big. Surely empire state building is an eyesore too then based on that logic

[theclayguy]

The Sands, Dunes, Landmark, and Stardust had very nice unique towers. (and signs)

I'm not saying the Wynn is ugly. It's just way too tall and shiny. It also kinda sticks out.

The old casino towers were all diverse in their own unique way. The newer ones just look like rectangular 'office style' buildings.

[artistmac]

Damn, I miss the old, pre-Steve Wynn Vegas.

[Vegasrossie]

without Wynns influence in the late 1980s the Strip would today be dying a slow death imo.  It certainly wouldn't be attracting anywhere near the 40 million visitors annually it currently enjoys.

Its also no coincidence that the population of las vegas has doubled since 1989 (the opening of the Mirage)

[artistmac]

Yes, the population's doubled. Not necessarily a good thing, when everybody's driving.

And the Strip was doing just fine without exploding volcanoes and outdoor pirate ship battles.

[Vegasrossie]

yeah the strip was doing fine during the 1960s but come the 1980s (post mob influence) its appeal was gone, atlantic city was kicking its ass, even friggin Reno was catching up quick.

[drkmcgrew]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet

[bazrippa]

Sounds familiar lets tear down huge buildings and rebuild with new improved ones!! Hey if we make it look like an accident then we could claim on insurance.

Larry Silverstein 2001

Search WTC7

[cmarlow330]

What was wrong with that place? looked friggen brand new? why was it being torn down?

[SoundRoss]

wrong? i dont think anything was wrong with it, im sure it couldve used some new carpet or something though..thats just what we do here, blow up old buildings to make way for new mega hotels..in the place of the Desert Inn now sits the 2 billion dollar Wynn Hotel..

[cmarlow330]

geez.... gotta love vegas I guess LOL..... I mean yeah that place looked NIIIICE... How long had the desert been closed before they tore it down?

[SoundRoss]

i think it was closed about a year before it was imploded while they were designing and planning the Wynn..the Wynn hotel is a monstrosity that i can see from my house about 10 miles away...theres supposed to be another implosion of the Frontier in a few months from now and if i can ill shoot that one too =]

[reymon14]

what song

[SoundRoss]

theres three songs in it...'The Noose', 'Sleeping Beauty' both by A Perfect Circle, and 'AEnima' by Tool...hope that helps

[nasa43]

at 00:54 watch as the two bell towerlike objects nearestthe camera hit each other. I originally didn't see that, but when I played it back, i saw that.

[SoundRoss]

and it was awesome and i have a video up of it..

[SoundRoss]

the stardust is now gone...i filmed that too, videos up and live if you want to check it out..the fireworks were fucking out of control!!

[default99telecom]

Didn't this used to have an all glass exterior??

[Padessence]

Cool, but it seems to be the Frontier, not the Desert Inn according to the signs.

[SoundRoss]

no it was the desert inn, all spectators were stuck in the parking lot of the frontier across the street..i was just shooting signs and stuff in the immediate area. and yes the stardust is coming down next year, its been closed already.

[S70T5]

did you know, the Stardust is on the block for implosion as well.

[default99telecom]

There goes the neighborhood. After the Frontier, then the Sahara and Riviera. At least the Stratosphere is safe....for now!!

[powerpuffsouthpark]

It already has been imploded. Just last March 13th, at 2:33 am PST.