The resort now known as Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort & Casino originally opened as the "new" Aladdin in August 2000. It was sold in 2003 and began operating as Planet Hollywood in 2007.

Those towers are scheduled to fall around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday — in stereotypical Las Vegas fashion, accompanied by a drone show and fireworks.

The Tropicana, the third-oldest casino on the Las Vegas Strip, closed in April after welcoming guests for 67 years. An elaborate implosion reduced it to rubble on Wednesday.

Twenty-one years ago today, a Las Vegas crowd turned on Linda Ronstadt after she praised a controversial filmmaker from the stage.