Vegas' Stardust casino now just a memory
The casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded early today in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.
From the Associated Press
11:01 AM PDT, March 13, 2007
LAS VEGAS -- The Stardust is now just a memory.
The casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded early today in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.
Hundreds of people partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd's four grandsons pushed a plunger to detonate the building. The blast generated a massive dust cloud that chased the revelers into cars, buses and nearby casinos.
...more - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-031307stardust,0,1231297.story?coll=la-home-headlines (Archive copy)
The casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded early today in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.
From the Associated Press
11:01 AM PDT, March 13, 2007
LAS VEGAS -- The Stardust is now just a memory.
The casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded early today in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.
Hundreds of people partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd's four grandsons pushed a plunger to detonate the building. The blast generated a massive dust cloud that chased the revelers into cars, buses and nearby casinos.
...more - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-031307stardust,0,1231297.story?coll=la-home-headlines (Archive copy)
