Those hoping to catch a glimpse of Tropicana’s implosion next week will have limited visibility from nearby locations thanks to road and sidewalk closures.

A security border zone will be established near the Rat Pack-Era resort as nearly 2,100 pounds of explosives will bring down the two hotel towers in 22 seconds. A seven-minute drone and fireworks show is planned for Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. ahead of the implosion.

Roads around the Tropicana will be closed at 11 p.m. Tuesday, with the general boundaries being between Park Avenue to the north and Mandalay Bay Road to the south, and Koval Lane to the east and Frank Sinatra Drive to the west, according to Clark County. Reno Avenue and from Frank Sinatra to Koval are also closed. All closures will occur Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

The affected roads will be closed until 6am on Wednesday morning, long after the resort has been demolished.

“Uniformed officers will be on scene to keep pedestrians and vehicular traffic out of the area,” Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling said in an email.

There are no designated public viewing areas for the implosion, Welling added.

The event will kick off with a ceremony featuring representatives from Tropicana owner Bally’s Corp., the Athletics, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Clark County, prior to the air show, featuring 555 drones and a fireworks display from the famed Fireworks by Grucci. That seven-minute display leads into the main event, when Controlled Demolition drops the Trop in less than half a minute.

The Tropicana is being demolished to make way for the Athletics’ planned $1.5 billion, 33,000-fan ballpark. After the resort is in ruins and crews clear the site, plans are to begin construction on the A’s Las Vegas home in the second quarter of next year and be ready to host games for the Major League Baseball season 2028.

The stadium will be built on 9 hectares of the 35 hectare site. Bally’s Corp. plans to build a new resort around the ballpark on the remaining acreage.

Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson told the Review-Journal last month that the event will be the last of its kind in Las Vegas for a while.

“It’s been years since we did the last one, and it will probably be many, many years before we do another one,” Gibson said of the implosion.

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