Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard 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 currently 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 is home to Tropicana, which Tropicana Avenue is named after. It closed on April 2, 2024, and will be demolished to make way for a new baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics after they relocate to Las Vegas.[1] The resorts at the four corners have a total of 12,536 hotel rooms as of 2016.
Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection
Tropicana Avenue is also the main local street into Harry Reid International Airport and the first major exit from I-15 to the Strip for traffic heading north from the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. The heavy local traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, which is listed as a National Scenic Byway All-American Road, further adds to the number of vehicles in this area, making the intersection one of the busiest in the nation.