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Las Vegas Casino Imploded after Fireworks
Story by Margaret Foster / Dec. 18, 2007
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Howard Hughes once owned the New Frontier Hotel. |
 In typical Las Vegas style, a 1942 casino was imploded last month after an extravagant fireworks display.
Thousands of tourists watched the 2:00 a.m. demolition on Nov. 13, cheering the demise of the New Frontier Hotel, where Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut in 1956 and the Supremes made their final performance in 1970.
The 16-story hotel, located on the Strip, will make way for the Plaza Las Vegas resort, a replica of New York's landmark hotel.
In May, El Ad Properties, an Israel-based company that bought the Plaza Hotel two years ago, paid a record $1.2 billion for the 986-room hotel and its 36 acres. The New Frontier closed in July.
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