adminGlobal travel has never been as easy as it is today. More plane routes than ever before now link an unprecedented list of destinations, connecting people and cultures in new ways.
However, while it may seem like the whole world is an open buffet for tourism, not everything available in the past is still on the travel menu.
Some attractions and institutions disappeared in 2024, some a result of natural disasters, others because of financial challenges or simply a change personal preference.
Here are two handfuls of places you can’t visit in 2025 — or, probably, ever again.
Two Las Vegas classics
Two casino-hotels left the Las Vegas skyline this year — the Tropicana and the Mirage. The Mirage, which opened in 1989, will be replaced by a new Hard Rock property shaped like a giant guitar. Meanwhile, the Tropicana was pulled down in October to make space for a stadium for the Oakland Athletics baseball team, which is relocating to Sin City.
Plan B: In 2024, Sphere transformed the Las Vegas Strip. The giant LED-lit orb is a futuristic events venue that kicked off with a series of concerts by U2. CNN’s Brandon Griggs, who visited on opening weekend, described it as “like being in a giant planetarium, a juiced-up IMAX theater or maybe VR without the headset.”
