Once among the most upscale properties on the Strip, a gilded treasure box of showgirls and celebrities, a destination spot in a destination city, the Trop courts a different clientele these days. Gaze up at the domed, stained-glass ceiling that brightens the Tropicana casino floor with Art Nouveau-inspired elegance, and you’ll see a different hotel looking back at you than when said ceiling was constructed in 1979 with a reported seven-figure price tag. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) mirrored, million-dollar canopy remains as it always was the same can’t be said of the surroundings reflected in its silvery depths. A view of the Tropicana Las Vegas exterior, the site where the Oakland A’s are looking at building a ballpark, is seen on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Las Vegas.
