Frontier Hotel implosion…

Video celebrating second anniversary of one of US’ most spectacular ever implosions.

The New Frontier was demolished on Tuesday 13 November 2007 in one of the most spectacular implosions the world has ever seen.

The 65-year-old casino, the second property built on the famous Las Vegas Strip, was the venue where Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut in 1956. It also housed entertainers like Siegfried and Roy, and Wayne Newton; was once owned by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes; and was the subject of one of the longest union strikes in US history.

All that aside, this is one building that went out with quite a bang: