{"id":16493,"date":"2017-01-15T21:29:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T05:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2020-11-18T02:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T10:48:23","slug":"lvcva-unveils-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/lvcva-unveils-parking-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Unveils New (Wait for It) Parking Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) recently sent out a news release where it excitedly announced the unveiling of a new parking lot. No, really.<\/p>\n

The LVCVA’s new Diamond Lot, of course, is better known to Las Vegas fans as the site of the former Riviera casino.<\/p>\n

This is what the lot looked like in May 2016.<\/p>\n

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Riviera resort, just before it went on an aggressive weight loss program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Months of work and a dozen dismantled and imploded buildings later, here’s a look at what “progress” has wrought.<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t paradise, but it’s definitely been paved to put up a parking lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yep, it’s a parking lot all right. A parking lot with 3,100 spaces, to be specific.<\/p>\n

The new lot is more than just a parking lot, of course. It’s also an outdoor exhibition space, and part of a larger, much-needed expansion to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Officials say the convention center expansion will “increase economic activity in our community.”<\/p>\n

We get all that. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take a few minutes to remember the Riv.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, we’ve culled highlights from our somewhat obsessive coverage of the Riviera demolition<\/a> to create the ultimate Riviera demolition timeline.<\/p>\n

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