Clark County officials have issued a demolition permit for the defunct Eastside Cannery’s hotel tower ahead of its planned implosion this week.
The County Building Department on Feb. 24 issued a commercial implosion of demolition permit, valued at $487,210, for the 16-story tower, records show.
The permit lists Controlled Demolition Inc. as the contractor. According to its website, the company has brought down hotels, office buildings, nuclear power plants, sports fields and other types of structures.
In Las Vegas, for example, it was the explosives subcontractor for the Tropicana hotel-casino implosion in 2024, its website shows.
Eastside Cannery, on Boulder Highway at Harmon Avenue in the east Las Vegas Valley, has been closed since the pandemic began. Work crews were demolishing parts of the property recently, but the hotel tower, which has been gutted and stripped of windows, is still standing.
In total, the property contained over 300 hotel rooms, a 64,000-square-foot casino, several bars and restaurants, a 250-seat lounge, and 20,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space.
Owner Boyd Gaming Corp. says the hotel tower will implode at 2 a.m. Thursday.
Eastside Cannery’s footprint spans about 29.5 acres, and Boyd has said they intend to sell the site for residential use.
Casino implosions in Las Vegas are often early-morning parties, with fireworks and crowds of people gathering to watch and cheer on the destruction.
However, the Eastside Cannery implosion is not a public event, and there will be no designated public viewing areas, Boyd spokesman David Strow has said.
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