I was driving when I saw the big smoke coming from near Sunset and Highway215. When I got closer I realized that the Alystra Casino (formerly Grand Victorian) is on fire. This beautiful blue and white hotel was closed for 10 years now. The fire started around 6:45 pm. Luckely nobody get hurt in the fire.
People, even little kids were standing all around watching how the flames eat the building up slowly but certainly until nothing was left. When the big center of the old casino fell off everybody just said “wow”. Firefighters were trying to stop the fire. Ladder trucks put liquid out to the hot spots, creating a little river on the road growing towards builder highway, but they couldn’t do much than watched it burn to the ground. The Alystra Casino was destroyed by fire on May 13, 2008.