'There will be some type of implosion … Part of it will be taken down manually, but part of it will be imploded. 'For us to build a ballpark on it, the entire site needs to be clean,' Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval told Thrillist. That means every piece of the hotel has to go. If all goes according to plan, the site of the 66-year-old Strip resort will become a Major League Baseball stadium, sealing the deal to relocate the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas.