November 22, 2019 06:27 pm PST
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Watch this fantastic Las Vegas-style hotel demolition in Las Vegas
Oooh. Ahhh.
The finale is fantastic but they could have intensified the build-up with just a few well-timed acrobats.
Read the restControlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Implosion Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, Clauss Construction Company of Lakeside, California) performs the successful explosives felling of the 188 tall, 286,440 square foot, 16-story, reinforced concrete CMU hotel structure in Las Vegas, Nevada at 2:30 AM on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Per the request of the Property Owner/Developer, Fireworks by Grucci of Bellport, New York, choreographed a 7-minute long, combination aerial/on-building pyrotechnic display in concert with the implosion to commemorate the event.
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