Bally’s Corp. chairman Soo Kim said preliminary plans are to demolish the Tropicana this fall.

In an email to the Las Vegas Review-Journal Thursday, Kim said the demolition of the Rat Pack-era hotel is tentatively slated for October, “subject to permitting and further changes as I don’t know how firm the dates would be at this stage.”

Before the hotel is brought down, there will be weeks of preparation for the demo of the hotel-casino. Additionally, once the Trop is demolished there will be weeks of work to clear the site and have it ready for the Oakland Athletics to begin construction on their planned $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat ballpark, to be constructed on 9 acres of the 35-acre site.