--- title: Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition | TIME description: The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion. canonical: https://time.com/video/PZWNcZeP/ og:title: Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition og:description: The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion. og:url: https://time.com/video/PZWNcZeP/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PZWNcZeP/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition twitter:description: The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PZWNcZeP/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition ## Video: Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PZWNcZeP.m3u8) (0:57)  _Published 2016-06-14. The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:15 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Las Vegas Mayor Calls For The Opening of Hotels And Casinos](/video/fjFm78zu/) ### Las Vegas Mayor Calls For The Opening of Hotels And Casinos [Bellagio Hotel Fire Temporarily Shuts Down Las Vegas Strip](/video/XjEcoqNx/) ### Bellagio Hotel Fire Temporarily Shuts Down Las Vegas Strip [Casino](/video/uh9UfSra/) ### Casino --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Las Vegas’ Infamous Riviera Hotel and Casino Implode in Demolition","description":"The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past — officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PZWNcZeP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-06-14T16:00:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PZWNcZeP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/PZWNcZeP/","duration":"PT57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/PZWNcZeP/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```