<i>(Editor's note: The following is a firsthand account from reporter F. Andrew Taylor of his observations while attending the implosion of the New Frontier last week.)</i>

Accompanied by the flash of fireworks, the New Frontier was imploded in the early morning hours of Nov. 13. The hotel was one of the oldest properties on the Strip, living up to its name after opening its doors in 1942. Back then, it was known as The Hotel Last Frontier, later becoming the New Frontier, then simply The Frontier, before reverting back to the New Frontier.