Fun fact for our international followers: If someone in Australia cuts down a tree on public land to improve the view from their house, the local government will install a sign to block that view again
Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that
sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world
The Stratosphere was conceived by Bob Stupak, with preliminary designs by AdArt’s Charles Barnard. This circa 1990 rendering of the tower is by Jack DuBois of AdArt, taken from Barnard’s book The Magic Sign. The architect was Ned Baldwin. It was built on the site of Stupak’s Vegas World hotel.
Stratosphere timeline
’74: Bob Stupak opens World Famous Million-Dollar Historic Gambling Museum and Casino. The casino is closed a month later, and the site is later used for Vegas World and Stratosphere.
’79: Vegas World opens 7/13/79.
’84: 24-floor tower opens.
’90: Stupak unveils “Vegas World Stratosphere Tower” plans in Feb.
’91: Groundbreaking ceremony (Stupak, J. Jones, S. Miller) on 11/5/91. Leeman Corp., contractor. Concrete pour Mar. ’92.
’93: Perini Building Co. takes over as contractor. Stratosphere Corp. formed, separate from Vegas World, Stupak as chairman. Fire on the tower construction site, 8/30/93. Grand Casinos Inc partners in Stratosphere Corp.
’94: Public stock sale. Height of the tower raised to 1,149 feet. Taylor Int’l takes over as contractor.
’95: Vegas World closed 2/1/95. Tower crane removed in Sep. Topped off via helicopter 11/4/95.
’96: Stratosphere opens 4/30/96. Las Vegas City Council approves Stupak’s concept for King Kong mechanical ape ride in Feb., idea dropped by summer.
’97: Stratosphere Corp. files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection.
’98: Carl Icahn purchases the resort, has the remaining hotel rooms finished by 2001. Ownership transferred to Icahn’s American Casino & Ent. Properties (ACEP) in 2004.
’08: Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds buys ACEP & Stratosphere.
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