Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection

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Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection
View of the intersection from the MGM Grand
Location
Las Vegas Strip
Coordinates	36°6′2.288″N 115°10′22.44″W / 36.10063556°N 115.1729000°W / 36.10063556; -115.1729000
Roads at junction	Tropicana Avenue (SR 593) Las Vegas Boulevard (SR 604)
Construction
Type	Intersection

The Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection is a major intersection on the Las Vegas Strip (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard) in Paradise, Nevada, United States, and is noteworthy for several reasons. It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are home to three major resorts: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, New York-New York Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas—the latter has 5,044 rooms and was once the largest hotel in the world. The fourth corner was home to Tropicana, which Tropicana Avenue is named after; it closed on April 2, 2024, and was demolished by implosion on October 9 to make way for a new Bally’s Las Vegas^[1] and a new baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics after they relocate to Las Vegas.^{[2] [3]} The resorts at the four corners had a total of 12,536 hotel rooms as of 2016.

Tropicana Avenue is also the main local street into

, further adds to the number of vehicles in this area, making the intersection one of the busiest in the nation.

After much study,

for access, was selected as the best solution.

Construction began in 1993 on four, open air

crosswalks

.

In 2016 and 2017, the walkways received aesthetic improvements and the escalators were replaced.[5]