Downtown Las Vegas
Downtown Las Vegas sits in the center of the Las Vegas Valley. The former “Glitter Gulch,” made famous by miles of neon lights winking and blinking through the night, has been pictured on millions of postcards mailed from Sin City to places across the globe.
Over the years those postcards have depicted casinos, lights, big jackpots, a giant Plexiglas horseshoe holding $1 million dollars in cash, and “Vegas Vic,” a forty-foot high neon cowboy pointing at the Pioneer Casino and greeting visitors with a ubiquitous “Howdy Partner.”… Read More
Las Vegas Facts and History
A desert metropolis built on gambling, vice and other forms of entertainment, in just a century of existence Las Vegas has drawn millions of visitors and trillions of dollars in wealth to southern Nevada. The city was founded by ranchers and railroad workers but quickly found that its greatest asset was not its springs but its casinos… Read More
Downtown Las Vegas History
This InOldLasVegas.com Website is divided into several categories covering various phases of Las Vegas history. The Downtown section, below, explores Las Vegas life and casinos in the original Downtown Fremont Street area from 1932-1975. Photos and information on Strip Casinos from 1941-73, show the first 17 Strip Hotels. Each Strip casino is further linked to individual pages covering each casino separately and in full… Read More