WATCH LIVE: Tropicana Hotel & Casino to be imploded in Las Vegas

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isn't just about saying goodbye to the Past it's about embracing the evolution of this community this Resort Corridor of this Valley and that future is as exciting as it is uh has ever been and this ground breaking is especially important to us we're bringing together two iconic institutions Valley's Corporation and the Athletics and each of them have their own story legacies and we can be proud of those legacies and they're coming together in an extraordinary partnership that represents the reinvention of our community and what we offer here again at its finest so to Su Kim and John fiser I applaud both of you for your vision leadership and determination it is obviously not an easy thing to do what you are doing the Synergy between B and the A's is setting the stage for something transformative and I can't wait to see this new entertainment Resort destination and witness the A's Major League Baseball right here in Las Vegas making history in their new home on the Las Vegas Strip partnership will not only change the landscape of our incredible Resort Corridor but it will also redefine what it means to experience entertainment and Sports in this city and now it is my great pleasure to introduce a man who has helped us achieve a great deal in achieving New Heights as we have become the sports and entertainment capital of the world the CEO of the Las Vegas convention and visitors Authority Mr Steve Hill good evening everybody what a great night huh um yeah absolutely um we thank Jim um Eric um great words um we are well and I want to welcome all of you thank you for all coming out tonight H how about a round of applause for the crowd here um we are here to honor um the Tropicana and everything that it is meant to Las Vegas um over its storyed history um when we implode buildings here in Las Vegas um they touch so that touches so many people so millions of people uh have come through the doors of the Tropic canah over the years uh it has created memories for so many uh it has meant so much to so many to Las Vegas uh it is been a part of what has made Las Vegas who we are and we want to celebrate that um folks like I saw Frank Sinatra in the crowd earlier and Samy Davis and Dean Martin they've hosted them they've hosted Elizabeth Taylor debie Reynolds um we want to celebrate that we want to look forward to the entertainers we're going to see on this site Lawrence Butler Brett Rooker Mason Miller um show Otani Aaron J y dealer Cruz are all going to come to Las Vegas they're all going to be playing baseball here that is going to be iconic this location this stadium is transformative for Las Vegas uh we are cementing ourselves as the sports and entertainment capital of the world and I want to thank everybody in Las Vegas who makes that happen um that's the County Commission their staff uh it is the governor it is our legislature who passed this law that allowed this to move forward uh it is our Workforce here uh in southern Nevada that makes all of this happen and makes all of this possible um this is not only what we do this is who we are and we're very proud of this evening we're very proud of what has happened on this site and we're really excited about what is going to happen in the future um so it's my pleasure tonight uh to be able to introduce you to the man who's really making happen uh the owner of the uh a uh John Fisher John [Applause] I'm I'm just going to breathe all of this in before they implode the trop and then I breathe all of that in um hey it is uh it is really a pleasure to be here this has been a long time in in coming um we really started working on our Stadium effort you know 18 years ago so to be here today um in front of the pyramid which you know took over 18 years to build as well the Great Pyramids um but first I know this never would happen without so many people playing a critical role to making this uh bringing us to where we are here today that starts with Governor Joe Lombardo who um whose vision from the beginning uh that bringing baseball uh to the strip would be an incredible thing uh in a city that is constantly Reinventing itself and so to to Jill Lombardo thank you very much to the to the legislative leaders and indeed the whole legislature who came together to pass the bill to make all this happen thanks to them to Steve Hill um uh who has been you know with us every step of the way and gave us all kinds of advice where are you there you are um most of which we followed uh to commissioner Gibson and and indeed to to the whole uh Clark County Commission who've been um you know so important to getting us to where we are and who will play an important role as we move forward with our whole entitlement process so thanks to you know to all of you um but I also you know really want to congratulate uh the uh Henderson Little League team so for those of you who don't know it the uh poo Verde team out of Henderson made it to the Little League World Series this year and on the final game in uh in winning their division to qualify for the Little League series Wyatt Erikson threw a no hitter and um and this is the second year in a row when a team from Henderson has made it to the Little League World Series they ultimately lost to a team from Florida but but I just think it's an incredible achievement to do this two years in a row and I just want to uh uh I just want to clap and congratulate these [Applause] guys you know because ultimately baseball is a game that little kids play and however old they are they're little kids if you turn on the TV and you watch the playoffs they are little kids out there Bryce Harper one of the greatest players to come out of Las Vegas he is so competitive and he just wants to do nothing more than win out there and if you um whether it's our uh whether it's the little league team oh I gotta hurry this up in in any case um whether it's the little league team or our AAA Affiliates or our own team um Mark Kat here is our manager of our team uh Ricky Henderson one of the greatest maybe the greatest athletic of all time is here today um I want to thank the commissioner and especially I I want to thank uh Su Kim and and Val Peter Carino and GPI if it wasn't for these guys we absolutely would not be here and to honor stay here people are it's GNA be great I want to preent present him with a number one Athletics Jersey than [Music] that's for e e e all [Music] second that's [Music] [Music] I [Music] think that be cool [Music] [Music] TR e e e e e e e e e e e e e for