The Not So New Frontier

Another venerable Las Vegas strip casino has a date with an implosion. It has been announced that the New Frontier will close the doors on July 16, 2007.

I visited the property today for what will likely be the last time. Of course I visited the Westward Ho for the "last" time on three separate occasions and ended up being one of the last patrons to exit the building on it's final day.

Ironically, the last time I was in the New Frontier it was for the purpose of viewing the implosion of the last of the Desert Inn towers.

Although the Frontier/New Frontier/Last Frontier, in one incarnation or the other, has been around since the 40's, most will just shrug when it joins the growing list of landmarks that went BOOM.

Here are some views of The New Frontier.

The site is surrounded by a lot of new construction!
To the North, the old Stardust site is being prepped. Could the demise of Circus Circus be the next big announcement?

Actually situated on the New Frontier property is the new Trump building.

Directly across the strip, Encore rises beside sibling Wynn, LV.

A little to the Southeast, Palazzo races skyward.

Here's to the future.