Riviera Las Vegas
- One of the few remaining vestiges of Vegas' Rat Pack era shuttered when the Riviera Hotel & Casino closed its doors at noon Monday, ending a colorful 60-year run on the Las Vegas Strip.
- Home » Las Vegas » Riviera Demolition Imagery Will Make You Feel Things 11 Replies Demolition of the Riviera casino is progressing at a startling pace, and we’ve got the latest pics and video to prove it.
Riviera is a well-maintained manufactured housing community in Las Vegas, Nevada. At Riviera, we take pride in offering all the amenities you expect and the convenience you desire. Riviera provides easy access to Las Vegas.
Demolition of the Riviera casino is progressing at a startling pace, and we’ve got the latest pics and video to prove it.
If all we are is dust in the wind, the Riviera is quickly becoming us.
Work crews are tearing down a number of buildings simultaneously, cleaning up the rubble as they go.
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Here’s a video of the Riviera demolition that your children’s children will play for their children to show them how Las Vegas hotels were taken down before the invention of Death Stars. Or something.
The speed and efficiency of the work being done is truly impressive. Props to W.A. Richardson Builders LLC, whomever that might actually be.The company is responsible for demolishing about a dozen low-rise structures on the Riviera site, in preparation for implosions of the hotel’s two main towers. Implosions of those towers are expected in June and August.
Recently flattened structures include the Riviera’s convention center and parking garage.
Even the Riviera’s once-flashy facade is being dismantled.
The Riviera’s facade is currently advertising the entire list of magician Jan Rouven’s legal defenses.
The Riviera site is scheduled to be part of a Las Vegas Convention Center expansion. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?
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Yes, they’re tossing lots of vintage Vegas neon. This is the point where we turn into a blubbering idiot. Although, admittedly, that really only involves the addition of blubbering.
Take a look at our previous Riviera demolition coverage if your tear ducts can take it.
Yes, the closure and demolition of The Riv is progress, but it’s also a loss of Las Vegas culture and history. Riviera opened on April 20, 1955.
We’re going to need a minute.