Get ready for another hotel implosion.
Las Vegas’ long history of explosive demolitions will continue next month when Boyd Gaming Corp. imploding the Eastside Cannery’s hotel tower.
Boyd spokesman David Strow said Monday that the tower will implode at 2 a.m. on March 5.
Eastside Cannery, on Boulder Highway at Harmon Avenue in the east Las Vegas Valley, has been closed since the pandemic began. Work crews have recently demolished parts of the property, but the hotel tower, which has been gutted and stripped of windows, still stands.
Ultimately, Boyd intends 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, Strow said.
Information on road closures related to the implosion will be provided later, he added.
The Eastside Cannery featured over 300 hotel rooms, a 64,000-square-foot casino, several bars and restaurants, a 250-seat entertainment lounge, and 20,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space.
Boyd acquired the Cannery hotel casino in North Las Vegas and the Eastside Cannery for about $230 million combined in 2016.
In March 2020, then-Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered casinos and other businesses in Nevada to close to help limit the outbreak of the coronavirus. Casinos were allowed to reopen in June 2020, but Eastside Cannery never did.
Boyd bought the land under the shuttered hotel-casino last February for $45 million, property records show. It had leased the approximately 29.5 hectare footprint.
Although Eastside Cannery was closed for business, other organizations were using the site, as described in a 2024 letter to county officials from Michelle Rasmusson, Boyd’s chief compliance officer.
Three Square Food Bank used the property for a weekly food distribution site during the pandemic, and the Metropolitan Police Department conducted training exercises there, including room clearing and active shooter drills.
The Clark County Fire Department also used the property for stairwell training and to practice room searches and elevator rescues.
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