The casinos demolished in the closing credits are:
the Aladdin
the Sands
the Landmark
and the Dunes.
The Dunes was bought and demolished in a giant pyrotechnic display begun by Steve Wynn when he fired a mock cannon from Treasure Island; in part he did it to insult The Dunes' former owners; the property became the Bellagio; Wynn has since sold all of his Mirage Resorts properties to MGM Grand and bought the Desert Inn, which he demolished to build Le Reve.
The Sands was where the Rat Pack held The Summit, a series of shows they did for fun while filming the original Ocean's Eleven, an epoch that helped to define the Las Vegas that Shelly Kaplow mourns in The Cooler; it has been rebuilt.
The Aladdin was rebuilt, but has performed poorly due to its similarity to all the other megacasinos, overbuilding in Vegas, and the slower economy.
The Landmark's demolition can be seen in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks; the property was used to expand parking for the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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