The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 9

rt an Even in Destruction Las Vegas Enjoys the Spectacular Display Dazzling Fireworks Set Tone Dynamite Turns Aging Dunes Hotel Into a Pile of Rubble KNIGHT KIDDER NEWS SERVICE LAS VEGAS With a succession of brilliant flashes and bone-jarring blasts Las Vegas citadel of decadence in the desert took another step Wednesday night toward transforming itself into a Disneyland with slot machines In a $16 million display that combined state-of-the-art fireworks 365 pounds of dynamite 150 pounds of black powder and 550 gallons of aviation fuel the aging Dunes Hotel was showered with fireballs enveloped in flames and smashed into its own dust The implosion of the 23-story tower witnessed by hundreds of thousands and filmed for a television movie to be shown in January capped two days of spectacle surrounding the opening of nearby Treasure Island a $430 million piratethemed "adventure resort" Treasure Island is the second of three family-oriented casino resorts opening this fall on the glittering Las Vegas strip as Nevada attempts to counter increasing competition for America's gambling dollars from Indian casinos state lotteries and casinos being planned or developed in cities such as Chicago and New Orleans Earlier this month the pyramid-shaped $375 million Luxor hotel-casino resort debuted with high-tech theater attractions and in December doors will ta '04yk40 iktp- Iv twg kc ebrei 'aj Friday Saturday Only! 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details to be announced next year In Las Vegas tradition anything judged worth doing is worth doing to excess a principle followed closely by Steve Wynn head of Mirage Resorts Inc parent company of Treasure Island The six-minute collection of aerial bursts preceding the Dunes demolition was billed as the largest fireworks display ever west of the Mississippi It was followed by a complex detonation sequence in which the building appeared to bend into itself and drop as if on an elevator Likewise everything at Treasure Island is on a massive scale Its Y-shaped tower holds 2688 guest rooms 212 suites nine restaurants two wedding chapels a fully equipped spa and salon meeting and banquet rooms all atop a ground-floor casino with 2200 slot maphinPs and 85 gaming tables But its signature gimmick is out trout where a 90-foot pirate ship and a British frigate manned by a combined 33 costumed stunt men stage a fiery battle hourly through the evening in artificial Buccaneer Bay which fronts on Las Vegas Boulevard Even before Tuesday's 10 pm opening a crowd of thousands pressed 15 deep against the gates rsXli' Model n020 Camcorder 10x variable speed zoom Oversized viewfinder for shooting moving subjects Remote Control for use like any home VCR Instantly plugs into any TV CO 1- Save an Extra $10000 Ott This Price upwrmmlerigmwmwer7 '16'1 4 "tF't: CEM 411in Co S011ittfaSt 01 Univ MaH 22C-0137 1 I Cameras Fashion Show PLIrari nn tnn rf PzNd'e Man Placed on top of Jv 411 4I1 LVCI and the area Those closest to the Dimes were Treasure protected by steel boxes and activated by remote COMT01 7 Dune'''' '''a 9G9 t-- 1600 i LI I uk- i Newer Dunes -4 tower was not to be damaged 0 In Aladdin hotel i Like felling a tree To make a tree fall in a certain direction you chop out one side with an ax The same is true for buildings Explosives in the Dunes were wired to make it fall in a particular fashion It took about eight seconds to drop completely k'ti --------24- I 1 Ilk 4-1- I ritt-- Columns toward the rear of the building were blown first Knight Ridder Yin Ontario 11:18 am 2:45 pm 9:35 pm Las Vegas 11:12 am 2:49 pm 6:10 pm 9:33 pm Colorado Springs 9:36 am 4:26 pm 8:05 pm Caesar6 I I I I I ti it tt Bartary Coast nave RD Cony Th 0 --4 death of the Dunes i i Palace began with a simulated Flamingo Hilton cannon shot from a pirate Bourbon ship at Treasure Island a a StrpAt A' Maxim sister hotel that opened 4 Wednesday -a i -4 0 i In the movie 'Treasure Island: A The Adventure Begins" the Lti A 1 cannon shot will appear to hit the Dunes sign 0 In reality the sign and the Dunes tower were destroyed when hotel owner Steve Wynn pushed a detonation button 4404lel't Los Angeles 8:33 am am 11:46 am 12:06 pm 2:58 pm 4:30 pm 6:45 pm 9:25 pm Orange Co 11:10 am 2:55 pm 9:12 pm Reno 9:06 pm San Francisco 9:00 am 11:01 am 2:56 pm 6:19 pm 9:24 pm San Jose 7:06 am 11:17 am 2:45 pm 6:20 pm 9:11 pm Tucson 4:12 pm Getting low fares is one thing But getting a convenient schedule is another matter And Delta Air Lines has twice as many flights as any other airline servicing Salt Lake City Of course having twice as many flights for your departures also means we have twice as many flights for your return So you can come and go as you please on the airline that's out to please For information and reservations call your Trzvel Agent or call Delta at 532-7123 A TNT7 frz- JULL11 within la hnswg aftrr S59 fare is each way from Salt Lake City has on a 7-day advance roundtrip purchase anti is nom confimiation of reservation or 7 days prior to departure whichever comes first Changes in travel may be mode finder certain conditions fie a $35 lee Saturday night stay required MAAittILIM stay of 30 days is allowed Fare may not be available on all rates tofrom Curio ate availabk only on specific flights Seating may be limited Fare does not inctude passenger facility charges of up to S12 depending on it inerar )-ai es and lc hedules subject to diange without notice C1993 Delta Air Lines Ins I Additional explosions undermined the building completely causing it to fall It collapsed toward the notch ould1H9t co 11- Try uive up nee Get A Phoenix 9:41 am 10:59 am 12:45 pm 4:18 pm 8:00 pm 9:27 pm Seattle Tacoma 9:29 am 11:35 am 2:44 pm 6:15 pm 9:35 pm i Boise 11:11 am 3:24 pm 6:21 pm 9:12 pm San Diego 9:05 am 11:03 am 2:54 pm 9:20 pm Sacramento 11:15 am 3:01 pm 6:20 pm 9:19 pm Sands Explosions farther up were to ensure that the building blew up in chunks small enough to be hauled away Oakland 11:09 am 2:46 pm 6:12 pm 9:09 pm Portland OR 11:08 am 2:51 pm 6:25 pm 9:34 pm Spokane 11:11 am 3:03 pm 9:21 pm The Las Veas Strip A9 ADoeffirIUMelitT itt41 '4S114b bv David Donate Iii Fun Halloween 1-1rwirlinem nt rir- z-- South Towne Center This Halloween SOUTH TOWNE CENTER has lots of special events planned for all your little ghosts and goblins On Saturday Oct 30 at I pm the JUST 4 KIDS CLUB will sponsor a -make your on" TRICK OR TREAT GOODIE BAG event (supplies are limited to the first 100 children) Then at 3 pm ell have our big (and scar)) HALLOITIEEN COSTUME CONTEST There'll be two age groups: 3-7 and 8-12 years old and there'll be mall Gift Certificate prizes 01104 4 in each group Of $25 for first place $15 for second olace 11 and $IO for AN' tc-J third place tion for the contest will be at 2:30 in Center Court Finally at 5 pm we'll have our safe climate-controlled Trick or Treat around the mall with participating merchants handing out lots of goodies All our Halloween events are open to all children not only Just 4 Kids Club members but this would be a great time to become a member You can sign up at the Customer Service booth and you'll receive a free Just 4 Kids Club magnet We hope you'll join us for a safe fun Halloween at South Towne Center hopping Smart7) Just 4 Kids Club Story Hour WALDENBOOKS and South Towne Ccniet tv tactics to bring Just 4 Kids Club members into the mall That's right' there'll be a very scary and spooky HALLOWEEN STORY HOUR at Waldenbooks on Thursday Oct 28 at 4 pm There will also be free Halloween coloring pages handed out and a drawing for a $5 Walden- books Gift Certificate Hearth Fair South Towne wants you to have a happy and healthy holiday season That's why we're having a HEALTH FAIR Friday and Saturday Nov 5 and 6 Come have your blood pressure tested your hearing checked or enjoy a self defense or aerobics demonstration Salt Lake Health Department will be giving immunizations on Friday from 12 pm to 7 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm Just present your child's most recent immunization record The cost is only $3 We're Adding More Excitement We never stop trying to make South Towne Center a more exciting place to shopand save This fall we're adding some great new stores to your smart shopping repertoire including MAURICES COUNTY SEAT HALLMARK GNC ROB'S RUNNING CENTER GOLIATH BURGERS FOTOGENIX 60-MINUTE PHOTO and SUN STOP Watch this column for updated information on these and other new stores coming very soon That's it for now I hope to see all you smart all you youngsters having some great Halloween fun here at South Towne Center Retail Oppertunities Have you always dreamed of having your own retail business? Are you a merchant who'd like to expand your business? Are you looking for an additional retail location? Then South Towne Center has a wide variety of leasing opportunities for you ranging from permanent space in the mall to temporary carts and kiosks in The Marketplace For more information call (IJt) 572-016 and ask fot Annette Smelser or Collier Reid South Towne Center 10450 South State Street Sandy Utah 84070 Amon al Equdy Props MI 'Wm' Corp 0 ol Salt Lake Tribune LNTERMOUNTAIN Friday October 19 1993 The A9 ADVEWISEMElitT 0 1 Ct Even i Cameras Fashion Show 1 Destruction Las Vegas Placed on top of Bas te-ares Mail That '-41-1-1101 i i'vOtj---- I 1 and the area Those lifeas Strip 1 I ight lc closest to the Cures were i Treasure 'I lc lace Enjoys the Spectacular Display protected ty steel boxes and activated ty remote 4 r--' I------ i as control Harrahs Iittal L- 0 hopping uge Dazzlirm Fireworks Set Tone A open at the 11 billion MGM Grand Hotel Casino and Theme Park --1 1 Sands e-5 vely Dynamite Turns Aging Dunes Mirage Resorts owners of the Trea- laara fl sacet6-' I ''N ne's Hotel sure Island purchased the 1955-vintage 'e7 I e5mart hen Into Pile a ile of Rubble 11 11 Dunes last year and timed its destruction 209 ll I I I I I land to emphasize the out-with-the-old-in- unes '-'3atall KNIG-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE Coast -t rac- HTith-the-new Vegas theme 0 The 'death of the Dunes i aiace began with a cimulated by David Donateiii iete- LAS VEGAS With a succession of The Dunes property also will be used for an "entertainment-themed megare Flamingo Hilton cannon shot from a pirate A maxim ship at Treasure Island a i over Bourton sister hotel that opened Fun Halloween brilliant flashes and bone-jarring blasts sort" with details to be announced next k'r i 4 It StVaAt Las Vegas citadel of decadence in the year i Wednesday Hrtmeinir 'lc nt i ther -1 -rt- desert took another step Wednesday In Las Vegas tradition anything Newer Dunes et to night toward transforming itself into a judged worth doing is worth doing to ex- tower was not I' -4 1 vi In the Island: movie Treasure South Towne Center rbit cess a principle followed closely by that Disneyland with slot machines to be damaged -e-eee' A The Adventure Begins" the i i Ial- In a $16 million display that combined Steve Wynn head of Mirage Resorts Inc cannon shot will appear to hit the This Halloween SOUTH et -1 Dunes sign TOWNE CENTER has hxs of spe- (led dynamite 150 pounds of black powder The six-minute collection of aerial state-of-the-art fireworks 365 pounds of parent company of Treasure Island 1 i 0 In reality the sign and the Dunes tower were destroyed when cial events planned for all your lit- dea and 550 gallons of aviation fuel the ag- bursts preceding the Dunes demolition Aladdin hotel owner Steve Wynn pushed a detonation button tie ghosts and goblins On Satur ing Dunes Hotel was showered with fire- was billed as the largest fireworks dis- day Oct 30 at I pm the IL ST 4 balls enveloped in flames and smashed play ever west of the Mississippi It was Like Pre-registra- felling a tree KIDS CLUB will sponsor a "make your on TRICK OR TREAT into its own dust followed by a complex detonation se- The implosion of the 23-story tower quence in which witnessed by hundreds of thousands and the building appeared to bend into itself and drop as if on an ele- for buildings Explosives in vator To make a tree fall in a certain direction you chop out one side with an ax The same is true the Dunes were wired to make it fall in a particular fashion It limited to the took about eight seconds to drop completely GOODIE BAG event (supplies are first 100 children) Then at 3 pm we'll have our big in January capped two days of spectacle -I filmed for a television movie to be shown the opening of nearby Trea- sure Island a $430 million pirate- 'rreasure Island is the second of three family-oriented casino resorts opening Likewise everything at Treasure Is- land is on a massive scale Its Y-shaped tower holds 2688 guest rooms 212 suites nine restaurants two wedding chapels a fully equipped spa and salon meeting and banquet rooms all atop a ground floor casino with 2200 slot ma- this fall on the glittering Las Vegas strip ph in ps and 85 gaming tables tiliN -tt ----------2- i-'---' e-- -727-e'------ 11 It --7- 1' It-41-4-4------ t4 rt 711 1L er I ri (and scary HALLOWEEN COS- surrounding TUME CONTEST There'll be two age groups: 3-7 and 8-12 themed "adventure resort years old and there'll be mall Gift Cer- tificate prizes in each group ---'r-e'''''' of S25 for first -1- l'rh i i''''''' as Nevada attempts to counter increas- 4--1-- 4 00s 4 place $15 for 11 But its signature gimmick is out tront I I Ik- A ing competition for America's amblin ---71 to tN 7 J'er i second olace atcalmai where a 90-foot pirate ship and a British tr1''- i 1 3 i I '9--rsi''' 9 4 nor dollars from Indian casinos state lotter- fned by a combined 3 ke 4 1 and $10 for t- cJ-0- third place les and casinos being planned or devel- turned stun rigate manned men stage a fiery battl3 cos- f' oped in cities such as Chicago and New hourly through the evening in artificial -Iss Orleans Buccaneer Bay which fronts on Las Ve- Columns toward the rear of the Additional explosions Explosions farther up were DAVID tion for the Earlier this month the pyramid- gas Boulevard building were blown first undermined the building to ensure that the building contest will be shaped $375 million Luxor hotel-casino Even before Tuesday's 10 pm open- completely causing it to fall It blew up in chunks small at 2:30 in Center Court Finally at resort debuted with high-tech theater at- jug a crowd of thousands pressed 15 Knight Ridder collapsed toward the notch enough to be hauled away 5 pm we'll have our safe climate- tractions and in December doors will deep against the gates controlled Trick or Treat around the mall with participating merchants handing out lots of goodies All our Halloween events are open to all I 1 I I I children not only Just 4 Kids Club members but this would be a great Id)" time to become a member You can 9 idi Iv I 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