photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com

Friday afternoon at the Monte Carlo fire site

Late Friday afternoon workers were busy inside and out at the closed Monte Carlo Resort on the Las Vegas strip removing the damage areas resulting from the fire. Rooms on the upper floors were being stripped of carpet while the exterior workers on scaffolds 33 stories in the air were removing the damaged facade and covering the bare framework with clean, white fireblock wallboard.

The entire polymer decorative facade that proved to be highly inflammable will be removed and replaced, ensuring the Monte Carlo to be one of the safest hotels in Las Vegas. Flipchip was there Friday and sent along these photos.