Las Vegas - Trump Building From Sahara

A Las Vegas QuickShot of Trump Tower as seen from Sahara (in the vicinity of Palace Station and Interstate 15).

Las Vegas - Trump Tower and Ivana - Before And After

Photo 1 (top) shows the site on which Trump Tower in Las Vegas would be built, as it looked on 24 July 2005.

Photo 2 shows the sales office for Ivana's skyscraper project on that same day.

Photo 3 (middle) shows Trump Tower in Las Vegas as it was on 25 July 2007.

Photo 4 shows a closeup of letters atop Trump Tower Las Vegas as it was on 25 July 2007.

Photo 5 (bottom) shows the state of the defunct Ivana sales office as it was on 25 July 2007; the project having been ditched some time ago. The website name has been removed from the building - the website is now just a placeholder.

By the way, for the record, the Ivana sales office is on the site that used to be The Holy Cow.

Las Vegas - Trump Ready For Sign

It appears that Trump Tower Las Vegas is almost ready for the TRUMP letters to be placed at the top. And when they are, all that Steve Wynn will be able to say is "encore."

This may well be the worst blog post I have ever done.

Las Vegas - Answer and Question Again

Answer: Two buildings that are almost finished.

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Question: What do you see in this picture?

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On the left ,The New Frontier is set to close on Sunday 15 July 2007.

On the right, Trump Tower #1 had it's topping off ceremony on Friday 25 May 2007

Las Vegas - Your Last Chance

The thing which is unfortunate about the progress of Las Vegas, is the significant eradication of anything old. For those who visited Las Vegas over the last 15 years, they to varying degrees were able to see a mix of old and new on The Las Vegas Strip.

In early 1996 it was possible to visit The Mirage, even the Stratosphere when it opened in April 1996, and also visit The Sands.

Also at that time, The Luxor could be visited, but right next door the Hacienda. Not as famous as The Sands, but still a smaller, older place which has since been replaced by Mandalay Bay.

Some of these new places might be much better than some of the older places. More comfortable. More exciting. More incredible. Yet there was for a certain period of time the very unique mix of old and new on Las Vegas Boulevard.

Now though, it is a much more lopsided mix. Much more new, much less old. And so I suppose the period of old and new is not over, but pretty close to it.

Much like there was a time when horse and buggies shared the streets with automobiles, there was a time when nostalgia still lived as open businesses alongside the newer hotels in Las Vegas.

There are still other old areas of Las Vegas, but for the purpose of this article I am limiting my thoughts to The Strip, which I belive is the most well known and visited part of Las Vegas.

Here accompanying these thoughts is a photo taken before the implosion of The Stardust. I have numbered several items.

1-Encore (under construction and part of Wynn).

2-Stardust (since imploded).

3-The Frontier (closes in less than two months).

4-Trump (opens in February 2008).

The old is going, and if you visit Las Vegas, you must pay attention to it, because it is your last chance.

Las Vegas - Trump Tower - Renter Dilemma

Not on Las Vegas Boulevard, but close enough, Trump's first Las Vegas tower is near external completion. This shot is looking west (toward Industrial). At the right The Frontier hangs on.

Once Trump's building opens, this street which has always been a nice shortcut to eject from traffic and escape via alternate roads, will perhaps become too well known and busy to serve as a traffic escape route.

I read an article recently which mentioned that condo owners in Trumps building will be allowed to rent out their Trump condos when they are not occupying them. I don't care to consider it from a legal perspective, which I suppose is proper. But if I was a full time condo owner and resident in such a building, I would not be comfortable about such a rent out scenario.

While I recognize that the renting out of condos is common, the particular dynamics of life in a major building which is located in a tourist destination could be a concern. In particular I wonder what percentage of dwellings will be occupied by owner residents, and what percentage will be occupied by transients (albeit with enough money to rent).

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I expect hotels to be occupied by a constantly changing populace (at least it is somewhat managed from a central point). The emerging trend of of mixed condo and hotel buildings (combined with the condo rent out issue) seems to be interesting for renters, and individuals who wish to make money by renting out.