The Tropicana hotel opened in 1957 Lou Walters the father of Barbara Walters brought the Follies bergère girls from Paris to open the theater big success, great location, Tropicana and the strip. Next door of the MGM Grand crosses the New York, New York, and the Excalibar down the street is the allegiant football stadium home of the raiders New York New York MGM park has the Verizon arena for the hockey team and now we have a new baseball stadium on that famous corner p only in Las Vegas