I Was The Last Guest EVER in this Vegas Hotel!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- This Las Vegas Hotel has been open on the strip for 67 years and is closing today! I'm the last guest to EVER CHECK OUT! Let's see how the 1 start reviews hold up! This building has been approved for explosion and is scheduled for likely October 2024.
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Dan was right she barley looks over 35 years old. Romana must have started working there when she was a young teenager. Congrats to her!!!!
She doesn't look like barley or wheat....what are you talking about?
It’s crazy cause she’s gotta be atleast 50 to have been there for 35 years.
I hope they gave her and other lifer’s there more than a year’s compensation for their service.
Blacks don't crack
Ikr
I’m glad they saved the stained glass. An artist is moving it to an art gallery where it will continue to dazzle onlookers.
good to know, it's a huge piece of art
Art gallery? Are they investing or are they donating?
I remember that hotel ii stayed at that hotel in vagas nd won 2000 dollars at there casino amazing hotel RIP to the Tropicana hotel on the Vegas strip
Do you know where? This is good to know 😊 I’m happy he went passed that blocked off section to get a last glimpse of it
Great to know-as an artist and human.
Wow, I just watched video of the actual implosion and I came across your video. I had no idea the Tropicana had been shut down to be replaced by the stadium. I stayed at the Tropicana on my very first visit to Las Vegas 43 years ago with a group of my friends. It’s amazing how this video brought back all the great memories I have that have come to light just by watching the implosion video and your video. Thank You for your video and a sad but wonderful way to start my day to remember that fun trip I shared with my friends in 1981.
@davidhowell1471.. Nice memories.. Great comment of your first memory in Vegas from 1981!
I think Dan Tanner was still around town back then filming some "Vegas" TV shows!
Rest in Peace Tropicana, I have many memories wit you. My parents always brought me and my sister here when I was younger, I loved this hotel. I stayed here in 2022, and loved it.
Rest in peace.
I was expecting a LOT worse for it being the last night that hotel was in use!
Good boy
Good boy
I had no idea the Tropicana was demolished.😞I used to go to Vegas a lot in the mid-90's as a youngster. And often, we would stay at the Tropicana. I'm sure that Ramona took care of some of our rooms! So from someone whose room you likely cleaned... Thank you for everything you've done, Ramona! I hope you enjoy your time off and may you have amazing adventures yet to come! ❤❤
Ramona is amazing.
@@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY She is. And thank you for being there for this, Dan. It may not have been the nicest, most luxurious hotel in Vegas, but the Tropicana holds memories for many people, and you gave them something to remember it by. We appreciate that.
It's not being imploded until October
I heard they were trying to save the glass work above the casino, was that ever done?
@@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY While the stadium will occupy nine acres, Bally's will keep the remainder of the 35-acre (14 ha) site for a new casino resort. To be known as Bally's Las Vegas, it will include 1,500 rooms.
I stayed there last year when I was “stuck” in Vegas while a snowstorm blew through Toronto. The hotel portion was run by Hilton, the casino was small, but I really wish I could’ve check out the pool, but it was early March.
Of the 3 hotels (This one, Flamingo, MGM grand) (and 1 motel, the Travelodge airport) I’ve stayed at in Vegas, it was my favourite. I’ll miss it.
Hopefully you made it back for the liquiation sale they held over the next couple months (probably now concluded).
Yes, they sold linens.
Yes, they sold furniture.
And yes, if you were willing to do to the work to remove it, they even sold toilets.
Wow. The toilets 😂
just cuz you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not dirty 😘
9:48 you got me there with the spider 😂
Ngl I jumped
@@christianrichardson4014 i did too
Same
I'm valiant with spiders.
WTF MAN I JUMPED
I was in Vegas when the Mirage closed, I stayed next door at Treasure Island and wandered around the mirage the last night before it closed, was really sad to see these iconic casinos close down.
i've never even been in vegas but i bet it feels like when your favorite celebrities die, the end of an era
Is it though?
@@krisstopher8259ding dong the witch is dead
I can’t express how emotional that was bro I may not been there but jeez when everyone said goodbye, and just the eerie place of it on its last day, it’s so sad bro.
nice profile picture
@@bananam22 hah thanks I love urs too
Is it though ?
What an amazing thing to have as a story to tell.” I was the last person to stay and the last person to eat and the last person to leave the parking garage” I would feel like the man if I went around and told everybody that 😂😂😂😂
It’s funny because I didn’t intentionally try to be last. But worked out great.
@@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY time to come to Maine Dan!! It’s a sign lol of what idk but I’d sure love to meet you and the fam
@@maineman337Maine is a beautiful state. I was just up there a few days ago.
@@mattsceilingfansandmore2573 where at? I’m in bucksport
I was on Georgetown Island.
I caught the demolition and the stunning fireworks show live from Western Canada-just a little piece of history fading away. 1957 to 2024 - 67 years of history gone in a flash.
I just checked out your video! Thanks for sharing your experience, I just subscribed to your channel.
Wow 35 years that’s impressive, take you some vacations RAMONA!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Romona started at the trop at age 6 weeks!😂 Thank you for doing the last night review!
🙋♂️THANKS DAN,🤗FOR DOING THIS FOR ALL OF US …IT IS EMOTIONAL 🥲 AND HISTORICAL AT THE SAME TIME 🧐
WE ONLY WENT THROUGH VEGAS ONCE IN 1985 💚💚💚
let’s do the time warp again
I was near the trop yesterday and it looks so different, the towers are down to their bare bones. 💔
I got married in this hotel 23 years ago.
Are you like 40 or 50?
How long did the marriage last?
@@bronxpinstripes23 years and still going.
@@svanikplays5305in my 50’s
Good for you bro. Hope you live a long life
Theres just something so interesting about being the last person ever to see a room or building interior. its almost like at that moment it's just still in time, liminal.
and you too can be preserved in time if you have enough money to trade for your sins!
sending my best to Ramona! Hope she finds something even better in her next life endeavor!
I would LOVE to interview Ramona on her many years working at a very prominent Las Vegas hotel and casino.
Ramona!!! Reach out!
She's probably on her way to Bora Bora to sit on the beach. 😊
Go Ramona! 35 years, wow!
it's wild that VIDEOBOB also stayed here the last night and was told by the clerk he was the last to "officially" check out and captured it on film! LOL I wonder how many others were scammed and told the same?
dang the spider☠💀 9:47
RIP the spider 💀
😢 Sad for those employees, I was part of a hotel family and they grow extremely close to each other... God bless them all 🙏🏻
And 100 years from now, they'll be tearing down the baseball stadium and putting in something else
they will build the las vegas megacube there in the 2120's
Fresh Prince: I can't think that far ahead...
That’s crazy
Great video Dan, I'm a Vegas local here. It's funny, but I know that exact spot where you parked your car in the garage. As you exit the front of the hotel front doors, start walking left (north) the sidewalk kind of snakes around, then there is like a narrow space the sidewalk goes between the hotel building and the backside of the parking garage. Then a quick turn walking to the right and it takes you right into the bottom floor of the parking. Then your car was all the way to the right up against the wall and outfront was Las Vegas Blvd with Excalibur on the opposite side.I used to go to the Tropicana when it wasn't very busy and park my little scooter exactly in the same parking spot your car was at. Then I would just hang out there and drink down a few beers before going in to play some Craps and Blackjack, lol..
Which brings me to another conversation. It's funny that you spent a whoping $600 on the hotel room but you didn't want to spend even a couple $10 hands of Blackjack or Craps, lol. C'mon bro it's Vegas! You gotta at least try some Blackjack or Craps.
But it was good you spent a lot of time inspecting your $600 room. Hehe, it made for a very entertaining video.
The stuff at the beginning was cat litter. You can see the outline of the litter box. lol. Someone brought there cat.
Or maybe the cat brought them
The thumbnail bro… And yes. I will indeed miss this nostalgic hotel… 😢
Good for you! How fun is that? The last person to check out of the Tropicana! You did a great job with your video and loved your concern for all of the employees and where the go from here. The housekeeper that worked there for 35 years was so loyal all of those years. So glad she will be getting a years severance pay. She really does deserve it! I don't remember if you said you were going to stay and watch the implosion or not. Ever since my grandson was old enough to have Thomas the train videos and and train sets he loved to crash them. He still likes to crash them with his friends. His little sister likes to watch them and now she plays with his old little trains and crashes them too. I'm not sure if he told my grandson that he had to go to work with him today because his Mom had to work today and said they had to drive to Las Vegas today (which he does have to go out of state sometimes) or if he told him he was going to take him to watch it get "blown up," but I I'm sure he had a blast watching it. Before I saw your video I watched another one of the implosion. It was like the best fireworks display ever! Later when the structure started collapsing it brought back memories of 9/9/201 .😢Hank you for an excellent video!
Thank you, Ramona, for 35 years.....you don't look more than 45 yrs. old ❤
My wife and i got remerried on our 10 yr anniversary 21years ago there! Lol so sad to see it go!
Did you also perform a ritual killing?
I watched them demo it this past week and even if I never stayed there, there was so much emotion in seeing such a staple of Vegas fall.
Fun fact: Michael Jackson used to visit the casino in Las Vegas a lot in 1985 they just don’t have a google or answer to why and I’d he did
The explosion is happening today. 2:30AM Vegas Time Wednesday 9th October
I'm watching a bunch of videos about the Tropicana while I wait for the implosion.
Dang I stayed a Hooters next door and when I stayed at south point I got a rental car from Tropicana. Loved the vibe and smell inside.
💐RAMONA💐 Congratulations on 35 year service 🎉and no joke you look AMAZING!!! I hope you enjoy some well deserved time off and RELAX.
Ramona could probably have her own channel about the real history of the Tropicana! They say if walls could talk....but those who clean those rooms!!! 😂
I’ve been to Vegas 4 times, only went there once to check it out March 2024, I liked it, very nice casino, and it was beautiful old school look!
She blew today
I was there the last day too and met the same nice lady at check out. I have two room keys as souvenirs as well!
The jumpscare at 9:49 got me lol
Ramonaaaa, great job!
This place was home to some incredible people like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and more. It is told that Sinatra was an often occuring figurehead within the Casino. It's also said that during the golden days of organized crimes, mobsters were often common. People like, Sam Giancana, a big time Chicago Mob Boss. Frank Costello, an italian mobster, who lived in New York.. both frequented the hotel.
That fart from the car 😂 nice!
I live in Las Vegas and it is sad that it was demolished 😢
Blame the A’s
my condolences to your place of residence
35 YEARS! Romona is the best!!!
Thanks for the video. I was there last night for the implosion but this reminded me of all my memories of my first trip to Vegas.
Ramona! 💐💐💐
Wasn't expecting that ending lol
I do remember staying here to a trip to Las Vegas. This was around sometime in 2016 or something. This is truly heartbreaking I remember unpacking to come here arriving to the hotel and everything. R.I.P one true legend of a building. Also any more clips you will do of the roadster?
Thank you for doing this.
Your car farts when you lock it. Thats a classic Danism
Kinda like the SOFITEL hotel here in the Philippines, they are in the coast and the government were planning to move(expand) the land in Manila, and with popular demand, they closed down sometime this year. It had a huge impact on the lives of the filipinos as it was established in 1976, almost 49 years ago. Good thing it is not getting demolished since it is still a landmark
Rest in peace. ❤
The Mormon man is truly the last one to check out ever at the casino resort. Ramona was so diligent in the years of her employment. Her duty will be greatly missed as the joint is being demolished. It'll be a new chapter at the location with a techy ballpark! The guests as baseball fans can hardly wait to see the first homerun committed by an Athletic just to be "matchful".🌵
An athletic 😂😂😂😂
They opening a new Casino and Hotel and bigger one to replace the old one A new hotel-casino resort is also planned for the site, though executives have said they don't have an anticipated timeline for construction. While the stadium will occupy nine acres, Bally's will keep the remainder of the 35-acre (14 ha) site for a new casino resort. New name of the new casino will be known as Bally's Las Vegas, it will include 1,500 rooms. Work on the new resort could begin some time during the stadium's construction or at a later point following the latter's completion. Bally's may also partner with another resort operator to begin the project sooner. It has been suggested that Bally's new property in Las Vegas could be developed similarly to their property in Chicago.
someone somewhere out there has SDE (figure it out)
Hi Ramona
I was actually the very last guest you can see me walking out behind you when you leave the hotel. I checked out mobily after we walked out And I was the last person to have purchased a drink at the Tropicana and I was interviewed by Cristen Drummond. I have the footage to prove it too. I just didn't make a huge TH-cam video about it that's all. I don't have a channel yet.
Let’s see your video, then.
Prove it then
Show us.
say on god
Stop lying buddy
Tropicana gave employees a bonus if 2000 for every year. I hope Ramona can take a well deserved break
Thanks for this video. I stayed here when it was really nice, not so much now!
Thank you Ramona!
9:43 OH MY GOD MY HEART STOPPED
Forever, you'll be a Legend !! Thank you!! Great 👍 vid
That's cool I live right down the street. Did you do the same thing with the Mirage? They just closed too forever that was the first hotel in Vegas I ever stayed in now I live here❤
18:00 you and your tesla. I swear Teslas are great. I'm not a fanboy of them but I'm a huge fan of the modern feel, the advanced technology, the cozy interiors they have, and the futuristic design. It's cool as heck!
Ok 👽
This is so neat to see man! Great video, very well put together, I can’t believe they charged you 600 dollars to stay in that filth but I guess it was totally worth it for this video and the memories, I wish I was able to go see the casino before it closed my leg is broken right still :(
Last time I went to Vegas was 2013. We stayed here and I thought it was perfectly fine
I’m sure you enjoy Halloween horror nights as well
I hope Ramona is able to find another job.
And also needs to find that $2.30 voucher
Strange that in Las Vegas, instead of using the massive amount of empty land for buildings, they just detonate already existing buildings, stall construction, and effectively turn the land into another empty plot
RAMONA!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I remember staying in this hotel with my family like a few years ago and there was a shooter me and my family were extremely scared yet my dad was so calm it was scary I wouldn’t want to stay at the Tropicana again because of that bad memory but it was a cool hotel still
cool place to die? That’s Alaska buddy.
@@gorjessangel no just a cool hotel but I don’t want to go back kinda happy to see it go because of that memory but I do feel sympathy with the others
@@Retro-Chimps-Galaxy spill your guts I mean guilt
@@gorjessangel what guilt?
lowkey my soul jumped out of my body on the spooky part
His grandkids can tell thier friends my pops was the last one to buy a cinnamon bun from Tropicana😊
Time flies. I have almost 26 years working at Mandalay Bay Casino.
I started two months before they opened in 1999.
This could be a new series!!!
Could you do a circus circus review next?
The name of the new series could be "What's Inside: Hotel Edition".
please don’t and if so leave lots of trigger warnings
Might want to invite the ghost hunters for the last stay tho bb
If you all don't know why it's being demolished so basically the Oakland Athletics baseball team has playing in a dump stadium for the past like 20 years or so they need a new stadium however for some reason, Oakland couldn't get them one and so now they're relocating just like the raiders did and the Tropicana owner was working to replace it so the new land will be a baseball stadium and a new casino
Oh god, you know nothing about the situation. Oakland is more than willing to build the A’s a new stadium, and give them ownership, but John Fisher doesn’t care. He’s destroying the team.
I legit cried when I found out it was being torn down. It was my first hotel stay in Las Vegas was at Tropicana.
the stuff on the floor is definitely cat litter, my boyfriend has a cat and i'd know that infernal substance anywhere. i literally have a pair of sandals i keep outside the bathroom bc i cant stand the feeling of stepping on litter. we have a covered litterbox but it sticks to the cat's paws and he even KICKS it out of the door!!
Wait till they find Jimmy Hoffa when they tear it down
he was made into a 🌭 years ago
That spider scared me! xD
The fact that they still charged this much money for a room that was falling apart, as well as in a hotel where most of the ameneties were already shut down is kinda crazy?
you must not know what fuels the city baby
17:28 the people behind the glass all confused
When didn’t you grab one of those closing letters on the doors? That would have been sweet
so sad to see such historic places go down.. :(
I heard its now gonna be a baseball stadium .... but Lowkey if they do that I think the baseball stadium needs to have a museum from the tropicana
Ramona ❤
Some very seriously scandalous adventures took place in the original buildings of old at the hotel. Especially the pool areas at night offered many invitations for fun & adventure. The beginning of many a tale to be told and more that were never repeated! I remember back to many unforgivable nights followed by hangovers as punishment for having too much fun! Those days are sadly all but gone. With the exception of a few of the ones who remember and still no tell! When life was more fun that todays.
5:03 in another hotel I went to had that too that’s for the bathroom heater on the ceiling looks like a old pot light with glass and if you set the timer it will become red
Making pre demo hotels into rage rooms would be an interesting concept.
I had to subscribe...This video was sooo freaking cool 😎
Update 10/11/10: the Tropicana imploded 2 days ago.
Back in the olden days, we could clean the hotel and also have a room.
That filter is no dirtier than the one that was in my room at the Red Rock in Summerlin 😮
Wow
While obsolete by current entertainment industry standards, it was still profitable, up to the day it closed (or so the wiki article says).
Ramona looks 35 ❤
Why did the spider in the attic actually jump scare me😅
I got kicked out the day before it was closed 🤣🤣 I went into rooms we never had access they told me I was banned for life 🤣🤣 so what does that mean I won’t be able to go to the baseball stadium 🤣🤣🤣
Probably! But you don’t wanna see the worst mlb team play live!…. 😂
3:26 gives out some 'The Shinning' vibes 😱
I'm watching this with spanich audio and is the same voice tone of him!! wow!!! is this an AI voice generated????!!! it is incredible!!!!!
They locked that door with people in there 😂