Stardust
Tuesday, 13th March 2007 by James Turnbull
BBC News today has a spectacular video clip of Las Vegas' Stardust casino imploding as the final part of a controlled demolition. Of course, being Las Vegas, the demolition is done in an over-the-top style with a giant countdown clock, lasers and fireworks.
Google Earth's image updates aren't exactly daily, so we can still see the whole casino as it once stood and, judging by the aerial photo, it was a very large building. Of course, somehow the replacement casino Echelon Place is going to be even larger, taking up a massive 83 acres of land.
World's-largest fact of the day: the Stardust's electric sign was at one time the largest in the world so has been saved from the destruction and is now preserved in the Las Vegas Neon museum.
Wikipedia: Stardust Resort & Casino.
Thanks: Trina.
Is it just me or is Google Sightseeing getting better every day?
How often does Google Earth update then. The bit where we live hasn’t been done for more than three years…..(PO34 5HX). I know because the round shape of the pond in our back garden has long gone!…but still shows on Google earth.
The BBC clip is nothing – slow to load, icky format, and no sound. Check YouTube. It seems like half of Las Vegas was out there with video cameras this morning.
It depends. Some areas are as up to date as just a few months ago. Others, including Birmingham, (thats UK) are over 4 years old now.
great videos on YouTube, nice show, how they destroyed this building, a show even after the end
Some parts of Manchester are over 5 years old!
The aerial images i mean – not the city itself ! Just wanted to make that clear. :OI
So the city itself is not over 5 years old? 🙂
I wonder… who stoled the Stratosphere Tower???