Tropicana Las Vegas officially receives permit for hotel tower implosion

Tropicana Las Vegas has officially received a permit to implode its two hotel towers.

The Clark County Building Department issued a commercial demolition implosion permit on Monday, Sept. 23, according to public records.

According to the permit, the scope of the work is the implosion of the two 22-story towers. Controlled Demolition Inc. is listed as the contractor.

The "valuation" of the work is listed at $1.2 million.

Bally's Corp., which operated the Tropicana casino-resort up to its closure in April, said it plans to host a celebration for the implosion next month.

Bally's and the Oakland Athletics featuring a drone and fireworks display before the towers come down, which is scheduled for 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9.