"New" Frontier Imploded in Las Vegas

Photo from source, Las Vegas Now

One of the strange things about the "New" Frontier Hotel and Casino was that it wasn't new at all. In fact, unless I miss my guess, the only thing new about it was the addition of N-E-W to the sign some years ago. After an incredible five-year-long strike of the culinary union back in the 90s, they added the "new," and had a slogan that was something like, "Vegas the way it used to be." I may be off a bit, but they hit the mark with that one. It was nasty.

Still, it's always interesting to hear or see an implosion in Las Vegas, though I only heard a muffled sound of a boom in my half-sleep. It's the unofficial motto of Las Vegas for as long as I've lived here: "Out with the old, in with the new."

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The New Frontier is History

The New Frontier casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday morning after a booming fireworks display, putting an end to the second property to open on the Las Vegas Strip.

The 16-story hotel tower was felled with over 1,000 pounds of explosives before a group of reporters and bystanders to make way for a multibillion-dollar resort bearing The Plaza brand, which is set to open in 2011. . .

For more, including a slide show and video, go to: Las Vegas Now