After the Tropicana and Mirage closed this year on the Las Vegas Strip, a different kind of spectacle unfolded behind the closed casino doors. Millions of items that once filled the casinos were meticulously sorted, sold, donated or tossed.

As casinos fall silent their flotsam finds new life

After the Tropicana and Mirage closed this year on the Las Vegas Strip, a different kind of spectacle unfolded behind the closed casino doors. Millions of items that once filled the casinos were meticulously sorted, sold, donated or tossed.