Well, in some ways this would be a perfect example of life's restrictions helping your art out (which is why I always go off about revisionism).
Considering the relative newness of NY,NY, how well known the new casino is, and the habit of wiping out older casinos for something JUST LIKE NY,NY...
whaa...(where's the double-take smiley) :):p)
I doubt that NY, NY was Gould's old hotel since it's pretty new and I doubt they would bother to have a fake of it demo'd and would have no real footage of it going down.
could be I suppose though.
Did they use a real casino demo in the film? I...