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WHAT IS FUN FACTS

FREMONT STREET Fremont Street is home to the city’s oldest operating

EXPERIENCE? casino, Golden Gate.

Fremont Street was home to the first building in Las Vegas
to be air-conditioned, El Portal Theater.

Added up, all the rides on the SlotZilla Zipline would
Fremont Street Experience is a five-block-long, open-air pedestrian
equal a trip to the moon.
mall and entertainment district created to help revitalize downtown.
Fremont Street Experience opened in 1995.
At downtown’s Main Street Station, there’s a large piece
Since Las Vegas was established in 1905, Fremont Street has been an of the Berlin wall in the men’s restroom.
integral part of the community and at the forefront of Sin City’s famed
casino industry. Visitors can take a photo with one million dollars in a
In the 1940s, the emergence of neon gave downtown Las Vegas its display case at Binion's.
nickname, “Glitter Gulch.”
The D Las Vegas on Fremont Street has a chunk of the
Blarney Stone on display.

The Viva Vision screen is the largest video screen in the world,
HISTORY with 12.5 million LED lamps.

On May 15, 1905, a railroad land auction held near what is now Before it was called Viva Vision, the canopy was referred
Fremont Street and Main Street created the Las Vegas Township. to as the “celestial vault”.

By the time the El Rancho opened as the first casino on
The Strip in 1941, downtown Las Vegas had 36 years of history.
Fremont Street is the original Las Vegas Strip.

Famous for its fabulous neon, the Fremont Street Experience is
also home to some of the most recognizable Las Vegas icons
like “Vegas Vic,” which was erected atop the Pioneer Club in 1951.

The pedestrian mall was created when Fremont Street was
closed permanently to vehicular traffic in September of 1994.

In 1995, at a cost of $70 million, Fremont Street Experience GOLDEN GATE – LAS VEGAS’ OLDEST OPERATING CASINO
was created.
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In 2004, the Viva Vision canopy was upgraded. Funds have I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO I AM”
been approved for another technology upgrade in 2019.

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