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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.
                                                                 “
 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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