El Cortez Hotel neon sign atop the roof looking over East Fremont Street
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Golden Gate Hotel & Casino
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 at the Golden Gate.
Website: http://goldengatecasino.com/
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Chief Hotel Court neon sign in downtown Las Vegas
The Chief Court Hotel sign was originally installed around 1940 at the hotel formerly located at 1201 E. Fremont Street. The hotel architect was A. Lacey Worswick. The sign was loaned and refurbished by the Tiberti Family. It was installed as part of the Neon Museum on July 8, 1997. The sign can now be found on the northeast corner of Fremont Street Experience and 4th Street.
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Las Vegas History
1844
May 3, 1844 John C Fremont camps at the Las Vegas Springs
1905
May 15, 1905 Las Vegas Was Born
1906
February 28, 1906 Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was Born
1930
July 3, 1930 Appropriation Bill for the Boulder Dam Was Signed
1931
March 20, 1931 The first gaming license issued in Las Vegas
1935
January 8, 1935 Elvis Presley Was Born
September 30, 1935 Hoover Dam was dedicated by President FDR
1942
January 16, 1942 Carole Lombard Dies in Plane Crash Near Las Vegas
January 27, 1942 Steve Wynn was Born
October 30, 1942 The Last Frontier Hotel & Casino Opens
1943
May 22, 1943 Little Church of the West’s First Wedding
1944
October 10, 1944 Huntridge Theater opens in Las Vegas
1946
August 30, 1946 The Golden Nugget Opens
December 26, 1946 The Flamingo Opens on the Las Vegas Strip
1947
June 20, 1947 Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Shot & Killed in Beverly Hills, CA
July 25, 1947 Club Bingo Opens
1948
September 2, 1948 The Thunderbird Hotel Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1950
April 24, 1950 Desert Inn Hotel and Casino Opens
1951
January 27, 1951 First Nuclear Bomb Detonated at Nevada Test Site
1952
December 15, 1952 The Sands Hotel & Casino Opens
October 7, 1952 The Sahara Hotel & Casino Opened
1953
April 16, 1953 Henderson, Nevada Became a City
1954
September 3, 1954 Showboat Hotel & Casino opens
1955
May 23, 1955 The Dunes Hotel Opens
1956
April 23, 1956 Elvis Presley’s Historical First Appearance in Las Vegas.
June 8, 1956 The Silver Palace Casino opened in Downtown Las Vegas
October 17, 1956 The Hacienda Hotel Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1957
January 10, 1957 The Dunes became the first hotel to feature a topless show
1958
April 21, 1958 United Airlines Flight 736 Mid-Air Collision near Las Vegas
July 2, 1958 The Stardust Hotel & Casino Opens
February 18, 1958 Cecil Lynch’s Fortune Club Opened in Downtown Las Vegas
1960
June 17, 1960 The El Rancho Vegas was Destroyed Fire
1961
March 21, 1961 Honest John’s Casino Opened in Downtown Las Vegas
1964
January 15, 1964 Jerry’s Nugget Opens in North Las Vegas
May 20, 1964 Viva Las Vegas Was Released
August 20, 1964 The Beatles Performed in Las Vegas
1966
August 5, 1966 Caesars Palace Opens
August 7, 1966 Performer “Charo” Weds in Las Vegas At Caesars Palace
1967
December 31, 1967 Evel Knievel Attempts to Jump Caesars Palace’s Fountains
1968
October 18, 1968 Circus Circus Opens
1969
July 1, 1969 The Landmark Hotel Opens
1970
April 29, 1970 Tennis Star Andre Agassi Was Born
1971
June 2, 1971 The Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility opened
July 2, 1971 The Union Plaza in Downtown Las Vegas Opens
1973
July 1, 1973 LVMPD Was Formed
1974
June 4, 1975 The Golden Goose Opened in Downtown Las Vegas
July 13, 1974 Bob Stupak Opens Vegas World
1975
July 3, 1975 Caesars Palace Flood in Las Vegas
1979
January 31, 1979 7.4 inches of Snow Fell in Las Vegas
1980
November 21, 1980 The MGM Grand’s Fire Disaster
1981
February 10, 1981 Fire at the Las Vegas Hilton
1982
November 13, 1982 “Boom Boom” Ray Mancini Defeats Duk Koo Kim Ends in Tragedy
1983
February 10, 1983 The Las Vegas Post Office/Courthouse Was Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
1985
May 18, 1985 Wet ‘n Wild opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1986
December 21, 1986 The Gold Coast opened on Flamingo Road
1988
May 4, 1988 PEPCON Explosion and Fire in Henderson
1989
March 17, 1989 Famous Las Vegas Artist Montyne passed away
November 22, 1989 The Mirage Resort Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1990
January 15, 1990 The Rio Opens in Las Vegas
June 19, 1990 The Excalibur Hotel and Casino opens
1991
July 25, 1991 The Southern Nevada Water Authority was Formed
October 21, 1991 Apple’s PowerBook 100 Unveiled In Las Vegas
1992
February 24, 1992 Two Elvis Presley stamp designs were unveiled at the Las Vegas Hilton
1993
January 26, 1993 The Dunes Hotel Closed its Doors
August 29, 1993 The Stratosphere Tower Caught Fire
December 18, 1993 MGM Grand Las Vegas Opens
October 15, 1993 The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas Opens
October 27, 1993 The Dunes Hotel was Imploded
October 27, 1993 Treasure Island Hotel Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1994
May 27, 1994 Boomtown Las Vegas (Silverton) Opened
1995
March 10, 1995 The First Hard Rock Hotel Opens in Las Vegas
November 7, 1995 The Landmark Hotel was Imploded in Las Vegas
1996
April 30, 1996 The Stratosphere Las Vegas Opens
June 18, 1996, Caesars Magical Empire Opened at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
June 21, 1996 The Monte Carlo Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
June 30, 1996 The Sands Hotel & Casino Closed
September 7, 1996 Tupac Shakur Shot in Las Vegas
December 10, 1996 The Hacienda Hotel Closed
1997
November 25, 1997 The Aladdin Hotel and Casino Closed
June 10, 1997 Sunset Station Hotel & Casino Opened in Henderson
June 28, 1997 Mike Tyson Bites Evander Holyfield Ear Off
1998
March 3, 1998 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Opened in Las Vegas
October 15, 1998 The Bellagio opened on the Las Vegas Strip
1999
March 2, 1999 Mandalay Bay Opens in Las Vegas
May 3, 1999 The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
July 15, 1999 The JW Marriott in Summerlin Opens
September 1, 1999 Paris Las Vegas Opens on the Strip
2000
May 31, 2000 The Golden Nugget and all of Steve Wynn’s other Strip properties where sold to Kirk Kerkorian
August 18, 2000 The Aladdin Re-opens
August 28, 2000 The Desert Inn Closes
2003
May 29, 2003 The Closed Moulin Rouge Caught Fire
2004
January 23, 2004 Binion’s Horseshoe was Sold
January 29, 2004 Castaways-Showboat Hotel Closes in Las Vegas
2005
February 20, 2005 Hunter S. Thompson Died
April 28, 2005 Wynn Resort Opens in Las Vegas
2006
January 11, 2006 Showboat/Castaways Hotel was Imploded
February 3, 2006 Hooters Casino Hotel Opens
February 6, 2006 Lady Luck Casino in Downtown Las Vegas Closed
May 9, 2006 Boardwalk Hotel & Casino Was Imploded
2007
February 27, 2007 The Barbary Coast Closed
March 13, 2007 The Stardust Hotel Was Imploded
July 16, 2007 The New Frontier Hotel & Casino Closed
September 16, 2007 O. J. Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas for robbery
November 13, 2007 The New Frontier Hotel was Imploded
December 30, 2007 The Palazzo opens on the Las Vegas Strip
2008
January 17, 2008 Palazzo Opens in Las Vegas
January 25, 2008 Fire at the Monte Carlo Resort
February 15, 2008 The Monte Carlo Re-opens After Fire
August 28, 2008 Eastside Cannery Opens
December 10, 2008 New Frontier Hotel marquee was taken down
2009
December 1, 2009 Vdara Hotel & Spa opens in City Center
December 16, 2009 The Aria Opens in Las Vegas
2010
February 19, 2010 Caesars Entertainment Acquires Planet Hollywood
May 21, 2010 The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Opens
2011
March 10, 2011 The Smith Center for the Performing Arts Opened
May 16, 2011 The Sahara Hotel and Casino Closes
September 1, 2011 The Plaza re-opens in Downtown Las Vegas
November 18, 2011 MineCon 2011 was held in Las Vegas
2012
February 11, 2012 Man Has Heart Attack at the Heart Attack Grill
February 14, 2012 The Mob Museum Opens in Downtown Las Vegas
February 21, 2012 New Las Vegas City Hall of Opens Today
February 22, 2012 The El Cortez was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
2013
February 4, 2013 Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and Saloon Closed
June 30, 2013 The Hottest Temperature Recorded in Las Vegas 117° F
July 1, 2013 Mount Charleston Fire: Carpenter 1
2014
February 21, 2014 The Cromwell Opened on the Las Vegas Strip
March 12, 2014 Jackie Gaughan Sr. Past Away
March 31, 2014 The Largest Ferris Wheel opens in Las Vegas – The High Roller
August 23, 2014 SLS, Little League, Lion’s Share Jackpot
September 2, 2014 The Delano Las Vegas Opens
2015
January 27, 2015 White Castle Opens on the Las Vegas Strip
February 10, 2015 The Clarion Hotel & Casino was imploded
February 11, 2015 Jerry Tarkanian Passed Away
April 20, 2015 Neon Sign Designer Betty Willis Passed Away
May 4, 2015 The Riviera Closes its doors
May 14, 2015 Blues Legend and Las Vegas Local B.B. King passes away
July 25, 2015 Fire at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas
2016
May 18, 2016 IKEA opens in Las Vegas
May 19, 2016 Top Golf Opens in Las Vegas
Emergency Arts building in the old Fremont Medical Center
The old downtown historic JC Penney’s department store opened on April 3, 1952 and was converted in to the Fremont Medical Center in 1985. It is now called Emergency Arts and it is the home to the Beat Coffeehouse and Records, Lola Pictures, and array of galleries, non-profits, start-ups and co-ops. The old Fremont Medical Center neon sign is still mounted on the building as seen in this photo.
Neon sign on East Fremont, Downtown Las Vegas
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