Fremont Street
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Fremont Street is the second most famous street in Las Vegas, Nevada after the Las Vegas Strip. Located in the heart of the downtown casino corridor, it is (or was) the address for many famous casinos such as Binion's Horseshoe, Eldorado Club, Fremont Hotel and Casino, Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, Golden Nugget, The Mint, and the Pioneer Club.
Prior to the construction of the Fremont Street Experience, the western end of Fremont Street was the picture of Las Vegas that was included in virtually every television show and movie that wanted to display the lights of Las Vegas. The abundance of neon earned the street the nickname of Glitter Gulch.
[edit] History
Fremont Street dates back to 1905, when Las Vegas itself was founded.
While gambling was well established prior to being legalized, the Northern Club in 1931 received one of the first 6 gambling licenses issued in Nevada and the first one for Fremont Street.
Glitter Gulch was closed to vehicle traffic in September, 1994 to begin construction on the Fremont Street Experience.
In 2006 the city revealed plans to redevelop Fremont street east of the Experience. Detailed plans for the redevelopment were released early in 2007 and included 4 street scape neon signs. The $5.5 million plan is part of an effort to revitalize the downtown area.[1]
[edit] Film and media history
- The music video for the song I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2 was filmed on Fremont Street and featured the band members wandering around, while The Edge played an acoustic guitar.
- In the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Steve the Pirate is seen at the Fremont Street Experience - open to vehicular traffic.
- Ice Cube's music video for "Chrome and Paint" took place on Fremont Street, with Ice Cube in a lowrider.
- In the video game, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Logan Keller, and his teammates Jung, and Michael infiltrate Fremont St. to find a news van, which they find by going through the maintenance tunnels under the Stocco Casino.
- Panic! at the Disco made a popular song about cheap motels on Fremont Street called Build God, Then We'll Talk.
- Glitter Gulch was featured prominently in the TV Miniseries The Stand.
- Fremont Street is featured prominently in the movie Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
[edit] References
- ^ Las Vegas Sun, New district is all about old Las Vegas
