Goodbye, Tropicana

Or: How I learned to love the ‘new’ Las Vegas

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To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, perhaps this marks the end of our beginning: After 67 years of old-Vegas charm, the Tropicana on Las Vegas Boulevard has officially closed down and locked its doors.

In many ways, it’s the end of an era.

As one of the last of the Rat Pack-era resorts, the closure of the Tropi…