Stardust Casino Gone?

While looking for current event stories today at work (trust me that is part of my job) I saw the headline "Vegas' famous Stardust hotel imploded". I had no idea it was even being leveled which apparently they have been preparing for the last few months, gutting out the insides and leaving just concrete and steel. To me this one was one of the saddest to see go. When I first arrived in Las Vegas, NV before reporting to my first duty station, Nellis AFB, I stayed the weekend at the Stardust. One website I found said this, "The Stardust. The last of the mobster run casinos."