The Tropicana will be no more by the time you wake up on Wednesday. The implosion of what was once called the "Tiffany of the Strip" is scheduled for 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. There will be no public viewing areas, but local TV news stations will air live coverage beginning at 1 and 2 a.m. on Oct. 9. (If you won't be awake then, check back here in the morning.)

The Tropicana will be no more by the time you wake up on Wednesday. The implosion of what was once called the "Tiffany of the Strip" is scheduled for 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. There will be no public viewing areas, but local TV news stations will air live coverage beginning at 1 and 2 a.m. on Oct. 9. (If you won't be awake then, check back here in the morning.)

Late last year, Boeing employee Craig Garriott says a 4-ton satellite inside an El Segundo plant fell after engineers failed to properly secure a clamp. No one was injured by the collapse of the $1 billion-plus satellite that happened over a weekend, but it could have been fatal if workers were present, Garriott claims.

Say your goodbyes, if you haven’t already. The last remnants of the nearly 67-year-old Tropicana will be reduced to rubble this week.

Clay Heximer remembers eating pizza and jelly beans at the Boulevard Mall 40 years ago. The Vineyard “had a buffet that had, like, pizza and jelly beans,” said Heximer of the now-defunct Italian restaurant. “It was just the coolest thing.” Heximer’s family moved from Alhambra, a suburb of Los Angeles, to downtown Henderson in 1984. When they visited the mall it was a whole-day affair.

Clay Heximer remembers eating pizza and jelly beans at the Boulevard Mall 40 years ago. The Vineyard “had a buffet with pizza and jelly beans,” Heximer said of the defunct Italian restaurant. “It was just the coolest thing.”

An outspoken advocate for restoring voting rights for felons could become the first candidate with a known felony conviction to be elected to statewide office in Nevada.

An outspoken advocate for restoring voting rights for felons could become the first candidate with a known felony conviction to be elected to state office in Nevada.

Clay Heximer remembers eating pizza and jelly beans at the Boulevard Mall 40 years ago. The Vineyard “had a buffet that had, like, pizza and jelly beans,” said Heximer of the now-defunct Italian restaurant. “It was just the coolest thing.” Heximer’s family moved from Alhambra, a suburb of Los Angeles, to downtown Henderson in 1984. When they visited the mall it was a whole-day affair.

For 67 years, the Tropicana was a staple on the Las Vegas Strip. It first opened on April 4th, 1957. UNLV history professor Micheal Green said the casino was the most advanced when it was built, now symbolized as part of the old Las Vegas.

A recent bipartisan effort to impose federal guidelines on the rapidly expanding legal sports gambling market has encountered significant resistance from Nevada officials. The Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet (SAFE Bet) Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D-New York, and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, seeks to establish federal regulations for advertising, individual betting activities, and the use of artificial intelligence in the sports gambling industry.

Longtime friends of Shelley Berkley were surprised when the former congresswoman — more than a decade removed from holding elected office after losing a close race for the U.S. Senate — decided to run for Las Vegas mayor.