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Eastside Cannery hotel, casino implodes
Atlanta News First / KVVU ^ | March 5, 2026 | Talia Kirkland

Posted on 03/06/2026 2:29:34 AM PST by WhiteHatBobby0701

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Crews imploded the Eastside Cannery Hotel-Casino along Boulder Highway, and spectators gathered across the street to watch the building come down.

The Longhorn Casino hosted a demolition party, selling parking spaces for $25 and rooms for $250 to give guests a front-row seat to the implosion. The event drew visitors from out of state as well as longtime Las Vegas locals.

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A casino built in 2008 went kablamo -- not even 18 years, about the same length as the "new" Charlotte Coliseum before it went kablamo -- this week in Las Vegas. Residential area is the plan for the area but it will be next to casinos.
1 posted on 03/06/2026 2:29:34 AM PST by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

I was in Charlotte at the time - I remember there was some ‘artist’ who ‘designed’ HUGE round shrubs that looked like balls rolling downhill and was paid an astronomical amount for that crap. I wonder what happened to those.


2 posted on 03/06/2026 4:09:17 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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