Tropicana Las Vegas

Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957 and closed in 2024, after 67 years, on the Las Vegas Strip, with up to 1,467 rooms. On the site today: Ballpark site for the Athletics.

What happened to Tropicana Las Vegas

The Tropicana closed on 2 April 2024 and was imploded on 9 October 2024. The site is being built into a ballpark for the Athletics baseball team, planned to open in 2028.

The story

Ben Jaffe, part owner of the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, conceived the Tropicana, which opened on 4 April 1957 at a cost of $15 million, more than any Las Vegas resort before it. Its topless revue Folies Bergere ran for nearly 50 years until 2009, the longest-running show in Las Vegas history. An FBI investigation in 1979 uncovered skimming, and owners since included Ramada, Aztar, Onex, Penn National and Bally's. In 2023 a deal was reached to clear the site for a ballpark for the Athletics baseball team and a new Bally's resort. The Tropicana closed on 2 April 2024 and its two towers were imploded on 9 October 2024.

See where it stood on the live map

Opened1957
Closed2024
RoomsUp to 1,467
There nowBallpark site for the Athletics

Nearby, also gone

Boardwalk 1966–2006 · up to 653 roomsNow: Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, part of CityCenter
Aladdin 1966–1997 · up to 1,100 roomsNow: Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
Hacienda 1956–1996Now: Mandalay Bay

Old Vegas: where to still see it

Facts from Tropicana Las Vegas on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).