{"id":17359,"date":"2017-05-04T01:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T08:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=17359"},"modified":"2020-12-03T04:16:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:16:24","slug":"riviera-casino-closed-two-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/riviera-casino-closed-two-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Riviera Casino Closed Two Years Ago, Watch Her Fall Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino closed its doors on May 4, 2015, after 60 years of ups, downs and WTFs.<\/p>\n

Toward the end, public indifference toward the aging casino turned to melancholy, with many bemoaning the end of an era in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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Spoiler alert: This is the “before” photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While we, too, did a fair share of bemoaning when the casino closed, mostly we dove headlong into the task of obsessively chronicling the casino’s months-long demolition<\/a>, capturing The Riv as it transformed from a run down relic to a paved-over parking lot.<\/p>\n

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It’s like dermabrasion, but with a vintage Vegas hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the second anniversary of Riviera’s closing, we figured it was a good time to look back, to reflect upon the history of a casino woven into the fabric of Sin City and to shamelessly try and increase the number of views of our Riviera demolition video.<\/p>\n

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