{"id":14600,"date":"2016-06-20T00:51:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T07:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=14600"},"modified":"2016-08-16T23:35:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:35:57","slug":"riviera-casino-demolition-update-abandoned-rooftop-pool-is-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/riviera-casino-demolition-update-abandoned-rooftop-pool-is-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Riviera Casino Demolition Update: Abandoned Rooftop Pool is History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the much-hyped implosion of the Riviera’s Monaco tower<\/a> on June 14, 2016, it’s back to business-as-usual for the hotel’s demolition team.<\/p>\n

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We’re still in the denial stage of our grief. Mainly because we can’t recall what the other stages are.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of The Strip’s most infamous fails has now fallen victim to heavy machinery, as the Riv’s abandoned pool is being transformed into rubble.<\/p>\n

“Time heals all wounds.” ~The boneheads who built the Riv’s defective rooftop pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pool in question was built in 1987. The pool is situated over the north side of the Riviera’s casino.<\/p>\n

The pool was never used because it was built poorly and leaked into the casino. The defective pool wasn’t easy to find, but we managed to do a security breach for posterity before the Riviera closed on May 4, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Don’t think of it as a demolition. Think of it as a mercy killing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Riviera’s rooftop pool is the stuff of Las Vegas legend. Now, it’s becoming a memory.<\/p>\n

The front of The Riv has pretty much been stripped clean. Here’s a bird’s-eye look at the abandoned pool, the hotel’s facade and the two stories of rubble from the 24-floor Monaco tower implosion.<\/p>\n

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