The Riviera Hotel and Casino, a legendary fixture on the Las Vegas Strip until its implosion in 2016, featured two primary hotel towers with varying floor counts. The Monaco Tower, which was the taller and more prominent of the two, stood 24 stories high and housed the majority of the resort's 2,100 guest rooms. The second major structure, the Monte Carlo Tower, was slightly shorter at 22 stories. Throughout its 60-year history, "The Riv" was famous for being the first high-rise resort on the Strip, breaking the mold of the low-slung, motor-court style hotels that dominated the 1950s. By the time of its closure, the complex also included several smaller wings and a massive 110,000-square-foot casino floor, but the 24-story Monaco Tower remained its most iconic vertical landmark.