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A gutted tower of the Desert Inn hotel-casino will be imploded at 2 a.m. Tuesday. Owner Steve Wynn will build a new resort on the site called "Le Reve" (French for "the dream"). Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001 photo. View photo »
The final buildings of the former Desert Inn await implosion late Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, to make way for a second planned hotel tower adjacent to the Wynn Las Vegas. View photo »
People line up in the parking lot of the New Frontier awaiting the implosion of the final buildings of the former Desert Inn early Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, to make way for a second planned hotel tower adjacent to the Wynn Las Vegas. The $2.4 billion first phase of the megaresort is scheduled to open April 28, 2005. View photo »
The final buildings of the former Desert Inn begin to fall as they are imploded early Tuesday morning, Nov. 15, 2004. This photo is taken from the 15th floor of the New Frontier hotel tower. View photo »
The last building finally collapses during the Desert Inn's implosion on Nov. 15, 2004. The building was demolished to make room for a new Wynn tower. View photo »
The Desert Inn's 15-story, 300-room Augusta tower crumbles as it implodes about 2 a.m. as seen from the New Frontier hotel-casino Tuesday, October 23, 2001. View photo »
Workers look over debris from the final buildings of the former Desert Inn after they were imploded early Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, to make way for a second planned hotel tower adjacent to the Wynn Las Vegas. The $2.4 billion first phase of the megaresort is scheduled to open April 28, 2005. View photo »
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