Fremont Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo by: LasVegas360.com
Date Taken December 30, 2011
The Fremont Hotel is located on 200 Fremont Street. It was designed by architect Wayne McAllister and opened on May 18, 1956 as the tallest building in the state of Nevada.
The Parking Garage at Binion’s in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo by: LasVegas360.com
Date Taken: 12/30/2011
Vegas Vicki (Sassy Sally) Sits atop the Glitter Gulch Sign
Glitter Gulch’s neon cowgirl is nicknamed Vegas Vicky. Originally named Sassy Sally after the strip joint below her, she was designed by Ad-Art and put up in 1980. Her leg was supposed to kick out over Fremont Street but that never seemed to work. In 2001, Sassy Sally’s became the Mermaids Casino. Vegas Vicky is still there, across the street from Vegas Vic.
While the Fremont Street Experience was under construction and before they took Vegas Vicki down, she and Vic were married in a ceremony covered by the local newspapers and news stations.
Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas at 1,149 feet tall.
Stratosphere Las Vegas is a tower, hotel, and casino located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip. Its tower is also the tallest observation tower, and the 9th-tallest freestanding structure in the United States, as well as being the tallest structure in Las Vegas.
The Stratosphere was conceived by Bob Stupak as an addition to his Vegas World casino. At the conception of the project, one of the planned rides was to be a giant ape that would carry riders up and down on one of the tower’s columns. The original plans envisioned the Stratosphere exceeding the height of the CNN Tower at 1,815 ft., making it the world’s tallest freestanding structure at that time. However, due to possible interference with nearby McCarran International Airport, and any possible flights that come through Las Vegas, the Tower’s proposed height shrank multiple times, bringing it to its current height of 1,149 ft. On August 29, 1993, the Tower caught fire while still under construction. No one was injured, but the fire forced repairs and rebuilding that led to numerous delays in the construction of the Tower.
For the latest information on The Stratosphere including rides, restaurants and bookings, you can check out The Stratosphere at World Casino Directory.
Photo By: Timjarrett at en.wikipedia
Date Taken: November 2003
The Griffin Cocktail Lounge in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo by: LasVegas360.com
Photo Taken 1/14/2012
Golden Gate Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
The Golden Gate opened in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada. In 1907 it was assigned Las Vegas’ first telephone with the number 1. Located a one Fremont street in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. It is the smallest hotel, 106 rooms, on the Fremont Experience. The Golden Gate was the first to serve a fifty cent shrimp cocktail in 1959. It continues the tradition today. There is the “Original Shrimp Cocktail” $1.99 and the ”Big” Shrimp Cocktail, made like the original, but using larger-sized shrimp, $3.99. A bargain at either price.
Update 6/25/2017: After Dupar’s closed, no more shrimp cocktails.
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