LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) – Las Vegas tourists should not run in fear as 150 “Pyrdrones” shoot sparks 400 feet above the Tropicana demolition site next week—because it’s all part of the show.
The aerial pyrotechnic drone show, scheduled for next Wednesday morning, has approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, according to Phil Grucci, CEO and president of Fireworks by Grucci , who is involved in the Tropicana demolition show.
“There’s actually 550 LED drones and 150 Pyrodrones. It’s a combination of both,” Grucci said this past Wednesday. “We have a team that just started this morning to assemble that as well as the pyrotechnics on the building, the fireworks, and the drones.”
Most of the images set to display for seven minutes above the Tropicana at 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 9 are a secret, but Grucci said he was recently allowed to let Nexstar’s KLAS behind the curtain of the show…