I never understood why the insistence on any new MLB stadium for Las Vegas HAS to be on The Boulevard. If a different site for that stadium is opted for by the A’s, what else will go on the Tropicana’s site? I know how much of the Tropicana’s site an MLB stadium will take-up (probably half); I doubt there will be any significant room left for a significantly-sized hotel and casino (the above render will have any new hotel look like it’s too small for the Strip, even smaller than the Tropicana’s Paradise Tower). And I kinda wish the OYO Hotel ( and all the motels to the east of the Trop) could be demolished for any new MLB stadium, too, if the A’s are this insistent on a Strip site because a different site just isn’t feasible.
Plus, I don’t know why ALL of the Tropicana’s lowrise wings couldn’t have been torn down in 2010 instead of just A SINGLE lowrise wing (the four-storey one). I’m not a big fan of the complete “white-washout” of the Tropicana’s towers since then, either. Just how close is that ballpark to being finalized and ready for construction, anyway?
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