The Sands Hotel & Casino Implosion - Atlantic City - October 18, 2007
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2011
- The Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City was imploded on October 18, 2007 to make way for Pinnacle Entertainment Atlantic City. R.E. Pierson was general contractor for the implosion, assisted by Controlled Demolition Inc. Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor was environmental consultant for the project. Fireworks by Grucci.
The music for the video is the iconic "The End", by The Doors, which was featured in Francis Ford Coppola's epic film "Apocalypse Now". - Розваги
If you thought the Sands hotel implosion in Las Vegas was quite a sight, get a load of this!
I had such a great time at this casino. I saw many shows and concerts there. Many drinks and laughs with family. My parents had a great host who took great care of them and hooked them up nicely. Joey V. was the greatest host ever!!!
Nice 👍🏻 Spent the 1986->87 New Years there. I was a kid then, not allowed on the casino floor, so I spent a lot of time in their arcade. Learned about Chinese handcuffs for the first time, haha
Before I was born and when my mother was little, my grandparents who live down the street from where I live used to go (and still go pretty often) to Atlantic City and when it was open would frequent the Sands often. My grandma distictly remembers it by the indoor walkway that connected the hotel to the Boardwalk, it also connected to the neighboring Clairidge hotel back when it was part of Bally’s.
This reminds me of the Stardust implosion, a spectacular fireworks show followed by lots of smoke. Then as the building implodes it disappears into the smoke.
Reminds me of the Stardust/Frontier implosions in Vegas with the firework countdown.
They did the same with the New Frontier in Las Vegas but the countdown wasn’t as elaborate. Also Atlantic City seems to be following the trend that Las Vegas does with blowing old casinos off the boardwalk as they did with the Trump Plaza in 2021.
You guys had such a good angle. I was 5 when they tore this down.
I was 3 when it was demolished, I first visited Atlantic City in like 2013 or 2014.
11 years later, nobody seems to want to build on this lot.
Yeah it's crazy. I cant believe nothing went on here yet. The biggest problem is because of Casinos popping up in PA and NY and everywhere else for that matter so people dont need to solely rely on AC anymore. AC needs to get away from just relying on gambling because that is prime boardwalk real estate.
Hah nope🤣🤣🤣
The Pinnacle Atlantic City was slated to open in late 2011 or early 2012. However, on March 6, 2009, Pinnacle's Chairman and chief executive officer Dan Lee announced that the project was suspended indefinitely
Songs that were played:
- Let’s Get it Started - Black Eyed Peas
- Under the Boardwalk - Bette Midler
- Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
- Dancing in The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
- Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
- It’s Not Right But it’s Okay - Whitney Houston
- Fly Me to The Moon - Frank Sinatra
- This Town - Frank Sinatra
- Bye Bye Baby - Frank Sinatra
- Livin’ On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
- It’s My Life - Bon Jovi
- Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi
The song that played after the demolition:
- You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
I remember being a punk 15 yr old running allover this city in from 86' to 91' some memories .
My grandma saw it implode because she was a security guard at the Caesars casino she worked outside she was also on break that's how she saw it implode
Would be much cooler to see the Ballys tower implode.
That won't happen in another 20 years!
@Lenwood Cherry the trump plaza is hasnt been owned by trump since 2009 and its owned by carl icahn and its actually a little bit shorter than the ballys , and its gonna be imploded in 2021
Lol
@@macrebel8068 Trump Plaza got imploded yesterday February 17, 2021
Yeah, that was imploded. And that was taller than the Sands.
So sad, and to think it only lasted 26 years..... 😭
It was like a party to just demolish a building 💀💀💀💀
It was a celebration for the new Pinnacle Casino.
The Pinnacle Atlantic City was slated to open in late 2011 or early 2012. However, on March 6, 2009, Pinnacle's Chairman and chief executive officer Dan Lee announced that the project was suspended indefinitely.
I don't even know how many times I thought "well surely this is it... nope still going."
Wonder why the Plaza didn’t get a goodbye like this...
Not to make this political but I think it was because Trump owned it, and also because it was daytime.
The Plaza didn't get a goodbye like this because there are no plans for the lot. This was a celebratory implosion for the new Pinnacle Casino which backed out years later.
Atlantic City... Vegas style!
This was rare for the East coast. Most of our buildings are torn apart with an excavator. Around here dynamite is mostly used for road construction.
Yeah, Las Vegas is more known for imploding hotels that had closed. Atlantic City does it too but it’s not as well known. And the only hotels they’ve blown to the ground were the Sands and Trump Plaza.
They should have put a live stream camera inside the casino as it imploded
My dad was there
So many memories growing up in ac
Great video i always wondered what was on that abandoned lot next to the claridge hotel i wish i could of seen this in person
I guess this is the next best thing :)
It was SPECTACULAR!! You would have loved it!! I was there for the opening in 1980. It was called The Brighton Hotel & Casino! It was a fantastic place to go to! I would have taken you to dinner there!!
The Demo Contractor was playing "Bits and Pieces" with Eplosives!
I was born on May 25, 2006 and I was 1 year old in 2006 I was living in Brighton Avenue and I heard fireworks at Sands Hotel And Casino
I was 1 year old on 2007
the booms on the hotel at the end before the countdown were so loud cuz i standed in front of the hotel when i saw the implosion
Looks Like the 18th marks the 15th anniversary of the sands atlantic city Implosion
Why the music in the background?
Are you stupid or just dumb
Las Vegas Vs Atlantic City Has A Sands Hotel.
Hey guys sands hotel on fireworks are when real life or minecraft in
this are 10/18/07 planeterath Sands
ENJOY
Sands Hotel Is At Las Vegas Vs Atlantic City With Fun.
I have casino chips from this casino which will be a shit worth of a lot of money.
What denominations do you have? I’ll buy them from you!!
Worth next to nothing unless you've got the hundred , five hundred, thousand or five thousand
Trump Plaza is next! JAN 29th 2021
No it’s happened in February 17 2021 right now
Lord preserve us from those silly shrieking women, why do the feel the need to make such a racket? 😡😡😡😡😡
A waste.. What's there now. Nothing.
Trump Plaza next??
Feb 17th 2021 just told u that