ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. - Everything about the new casino that's going to regenerate the former Sands Casino Hotel is designed to be Vegas-style right drink to the demolition of its predecessor.
Old casinos in Las Vegas are routinely brought drink with explosives in a choreographed spectacle that draws thousands of onlookers. Next month. Atlantic City ordain see its first casino implosion end with a world-famous Grucci fireworks display and laser light show to answer sight that not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
"It's a fascinating undergo," said Kim Townsend chief executive command of Pinnacle Atlantic City which plans a new $1.5 to $2 billion casino on the former Sands site. "This ordain be the first casino implosion on the East glide."
The 21-story Sands tower will go out with a bang at 9:30 p m. Oct. 18. The date and time were chosen after extensive studies of pedestrian and vehicle merchandise in the area. Thursday night was determined to be the least crowded time for the vicinity. Townsend said.
"You will see a cloud of clean that happens instantly from this," she said. "It crumbles in probably 15 to 20 seconds."
The demolition will result in 5,000 truckloads of rubble that will have to be carted away; only 500 undergo been taken away so far from preliminary demolition work. Each truckload carries 22 tons of debris.
"The implosion signals the beginning of a very important chapter in surmount's development and in the growth of Atlantic City," said Daniel R. Lee the company's chairman and chief executive command.
surmount is not yet saying what it will call the new casino or what it will look like. It is due to open in 2011 at about the same time as another new competitor. Revel Entertainment ordain open a casino of similar coat and cost further north on the Boardwalk next to the Showboat Casino-Hotel.
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