the Klondike through an open-ended lease, while a closing date initially remained undetermined. Woodrum stated that the Klondike had remained financially successful but that, "Like anything else, progress takes its toll […]. You can only stand in the way of it so long and it rolls over you." The casino closed on June 28, 2006, while the hotel, restaurant and bar closed on June 30, 2006. The Klondike had 45 employees at the time of closure, down from 150 employees three months earlier. Many employees from the Klondike were expected to be transferred to Woodrum's Klondike Sunset Casino in nearby Henderson. Shortly after its closure, the property was used for training by the K9 unit of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The Klondike's replacement would have been called Paramount Las Vegas. The new resort, initially expected to cost $1 billion, would have included an 1,864-room condo hotel and 80,000 sq ft casino. Plans for the new resort were approved by Clark County in October 2006, but Royal Palm Las Vegas did not expect to begin construction in the near future. Plans for the project were delayed in late August 2007, when an investor pulled out shortly before closing on restructuring a land loan. By September 2007, homeless people were living in the abandoned motel rooms of the Klondike. Royal Palm Las Vegas LLC was ordered by Clark County to either demolish the buildings by November 13, 2007, or repair them by December 18, 2007. County officials considered the Klondike dangerous because of deterioration, which put its second floor at risk of collapsing. The Klondike was boarded up in November 2007. By January 2008, plans for the Paramount project were uncertain as Royal Palm Las Vegas had difficulty obtaining financing, due to a tightening credit market. Demolition of the Klondike began around March 17, 2008, and concluded on March 20, 2008. The land was put up for sale in May 2008, at a price of $18 million per acre. In May 2013, plans for a Harley-Davidson dealership were announced, to be built on the former land of the Klondike. The two-story, dealership, built at a cost of $18 million, opened on the site in October 2014. In popular culture The Klondike appears in the 1997 film Vegas Vacation, in which the character of Clark (Chevy Chase) plays unusual gambling games to win his money back. The Klondike also appears in