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Tropicana, once host to celebrities, criminals and 007, will be replaced by the city’s new focus of attraction, a sports stadium

The end is near for one of the oldest Las Vegas Strip resort casinos and a new report sheds light on when the ax will drop.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Somewhere, palm fronds are swaying. Seagulls are squawking, the sun is blinding and the familiar scent of Coppertone is wafting through the bleachers.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Inside a tavern area at Tropicana Field, there is laughter and conversation. A Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting with Rays president Brian Auld has just wrapped up early Thursday evening, and members are now mingling with politicians and team executives.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s decision time in the city. The same momentous, once-in-a-lifetime decision that keeps playing round and round in these parts.

This iconic production has run on the Strip for 40 years and it's closing on Dec. 30 (but hope remains).

TAMPA, Fla. — Somewhere, in archives of the future, there is a drawer filled with Tampa Bay’s ballpark renderings. The original waterfront park that was not to be in St. Pete. The current pavilion concept at the Tropicana Field site. The first foray into Ybor City. Then the second. And,…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — All the traditional signs of opening day were in place at Tropicana Field on Friday afternoon. The bunting was hung, the seats were full, and optimism, even about a new stadium, was in the air.