Here's someone named Todd Vegas covering the implosion of the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas last March. I'm not sure why I find the demolition of these places so interesting. (As recounted here, I was present for the bringdown of the old Hacienda Hotel.) Some of it may be because of the curious mindset that insists on preceding these events with rather spectacular and expensive fireworks displays. It's a great show…but why? Who stands to profit from attracting a crowd at 2 AM to watch a building blow up?
I'm not asking this to be sarcastic. I'm genuinely curious. It was decided to drop the Stardust. Okay, no quarrel. It was a dump and a half. But why did someone spend many, many thousands of dollars on fireworks? How did the developers of what's going on that piece of land a few years from now benefit from that expenditure?
Not only that but let's say they had a great reason to get a huge crowd out there to witness the big kaboom and to get maximum attention. In which case, I'm still wondering: Why the fireworks? Did someone say to someone else, "You know, just blowing up a hotel isn't enough. It needs something else to make it special!"?
Just one more thing in this world I don't understand. Here's the clip…
