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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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.
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