People who had done this before poured hot coffee from thermoses and shared stories about the Desert Inn, the Hacienda, and the Aladdin. ![]() A few more observers, bundled up against the near-freezing temperatures, gathered along the red tape line. Police cars cruised Fremont Street, herding vehicles out of the area surrounding the hotel tower. It was a perfect viewing location, and I settled down in my car to watch the process and wait for the sun to come up.įire trucks lined up in the parking lot. A few dozen other cars and pickups were already occupying spaces in the lot, too, all lined up on the legal side of a line of red “DANGER” tape tied to the trees. That’s where a couple of television vans were parked, their crank-up antennas already extended. It was still dark when I pulled into the parking lot of the Lowe’s home improvement store across from the Castaways. to make it over to Fremont Street before street closures would make it impossible to get to a good place to watch. At long last I could observe a hotel implosion in person. Fortunately, the local newspaper confirmed the date and mentioned the time in a story that ran yesterday. I scoured the Web for more details, but to no avail. ![]() In the case of the Castaways, I first heard that its execution was set for today while I was listening to a local call-in radio show last week.
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