The Fremont Street Experience – Las Vegas
Freemont St. – 1952
Long before luxurious casinos such as the Bellagio, Caesar’s Palace, The Venetian, MGM, Mandalay Bay sprouted in the so called The Strip or Las Vegas Boulevard – there was Fremont St, the downtown Las Vegas. The Sin City started in this street in 1925. It has been the site of numerous “firsts” in Las Vegas – the first paved street, first Nevada gaming license, first traffic light and first elevator. Locals say that Fremont was the original Vegas not the modern Vegas that most people know – see picture below.
However, when the world’s largest casino and hotel properties took over a street now called The Strip in the 1970′s and 80′s, Fremont lost its spark. The Strip is a a 3.1 mi or 6.1 km stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard south of Fremont Street. It is the home of modern, high-rise and famous casinos and hotels of the world. The number of tourists started decreasing in Fremont. Business was bad. It somehow became a ghost town.
The owners of the casinos and hotels of Fremont St gathered together in order to find a strategy that would draw tourists back to Fremont. Indeed they found a smart solution, the Fremont Street Experience (FSE). FSE is a five-block pedestrian mall. It is the home of the famous light and sound show which is presented nightly beginning at dusk until midnight.
What is this light and sound show? In 1995, the light show was made of 2.1 million light bulbs which were controlled by 32 computers. The suspended speakers were rated 355,000 watts. The casinos of Fremont, with the help of Las Vegas City ( Fremont St is considered a city park) spent $70 million for this. An upgrade worth $17 million was done in 2004 and was also sponsored by LG Electronics. The 2.1 million incandescent bulbs were changed to LED display and is now controlled by 10 computers. Imagine a 1500 ft by 90 ft LED display with 550,000 watts sound system? Reynz, you really missed this one – gutom at pagod na kasi tayo non!
Do you want to experience the Fremont Street Experience? Watch this short (very) video taken by moi:
The title of the show is A Tribute to Queen (the band). They feature different artist/music every quarter, I guess. And by the way, this show is totally for free – no entrance fee whatsoever – just don’t gamble and you are good. 
If you’re going to Vegas? You might need this site Fremont Street Experience website.
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Reesie is the author of Off The Top Of My Head. She is a research and IT support-slash-analyst in New Mexico and a Certified COMPTIA A+. She was a college instructor before she works in the US. She enjoys her new found hobby, photography. She is a proud Cebuana from the barrio of Katugasan.
yan yung gala galore nyo ng kamahalan sister ganda?
naku pag napunta ko dyan di ako mag gagambling—
magdadala ako ng gagamba at magpapa gambling ako ng gagamba lol
ako magdadala ng sungka. haha
Oo lee! and one of the things na bumulaga saken sa strip were those Mexicans daw ang mga yon, naka-linya sa street, mega-clap, sabi ni Reesie tingnan ko raw kung anong ginagawa – mga bugaw pala! hahaha! nag-bebenta nang mga babae! hahah! teka, sandali, hanapin ko litraks!
Eto! nakita ko… mga mehikanong OFW hehehe! nag-bebenta nang mga babae sa kalye! hahaha!
nyahaha kamahalan ok yan ah pati tshirt nya,kala ko pinoy yung mama na naka red
nitong 4th of July ko lang to. last time nakapanood ang mudra kasi gutom at pagod na..inuna kasi ang Chippendale! Haha
Hala sige, magdala ka ng gagamba dito lee at sungka naman kay dencio! Hahaha
How i really wish na makatapak din sa Bansang Amerika para makita ko ang kagandan nito..lalo na sa las vegas para makapag-Casino.. he he he jowk! di ako mahilig sa sugal.
jeri pareho tayo hindi mahilig sa sugal. Yung ayaw maniwala, sige pustahan tayo!
nako, wag niyo lang simulan kasi baka maaddict kayo.
ha ha ha tawa ko sau ramon… dalaw ka sa bukid, tong-its tayo dun. lol!
one of the places na gusto kong marating.
di ko mawari kung outdoor or indoor iyan. malamang indoor. kung naging success iyan para maka-attract ng tao e palagay ko na tama ang strategy nila.
tanong: puede ba ang food while gambling?
outdoor yan denz. yung isang buong street nilagyan ng roof at doon ang show.
puede magdala ng food while gambling tapos libre pa drinks… kaya madaming lasing sa vegas because if you gamble kahit ilang basong laklak ang gusto mo pwede mong inumin.
Sin City keeps re-inventing itself due to world-wide competition. everywhere you go there’s a new casino burgeoning; from moscow to macau, from alberta to australia, and from shanghai to monaco,all over the globe there’s casino; only after your hard earned dollars, dinars or euros.
it just a matter of time before the halpless economy get stretch out in the game of chance (of misery).
tama, magsungka na lang kayo sa baryo.
Las Vegas is an a business that could easily be copied and be excellently better presented that Las Vegas, that’s what Macau is doing. For as long as one has the re$ource$, there’ll be one bigger, better and fancier “Las Vegas” and that’s the challenge. They’re in a business that is highly competitive. The beauty about this is that, the best of competition comes out, the best of the best, ingenuity and creativity. And anyone who comes out as the 800lb gorilla will certainly swallow the competition. Alive.
wohoom, vegas!
kelan kayo ako mapadpad dyan para magwaldas ng milyong milyong salapi
Oh! Binitbit na ako ni Reesie sa Freemont St. after na lapastanganin namen at bastos-bastusin ang mga to: hehehe!
Inggit kayo di ba? Hehehe!
Kapitana, bakit mo pinost yung litraks natin dyan?.. naku baka makita ng misis ko baka sabihin naging macho dancer nako sa Freemont St .. Charing! ha ha ha
enjoy ang lola nung gabing yan Jeri! bitbitin ba naman ako nang Reesie sa Chippendale show! at dahil katolik gurl ako inaplay ko naman ang tugmang good manners and right conduct nang gabing yun hehehe at sa totoo lang, ako lang ang nag-iisang rosas nung gabing yun, an takot nung mga nakahubad na papuntahin ako nang stage baka sapawan ko sila sa aking abilidad hehehe
Sa tingin ko nga kapitana mukhang nag-enjoy ka husto. lol! at mabuti kamo at harmless naman sila kundi baka pinagsamantalahan na ang nag-iisang rosas sa gabing yun.. bwa ha ha ha.
haha! that’s the re-invention that Jim was talking about and that’s where Las Vegas has an edge on some other “Las Vegases” that are sprouting around the world on how to magnet these types of performers aside from big named stars and shows.
Reynz, hindi mo tlga nakalimutan ang first lab mo noh? Madala nga dito si mama ko. Hahaha
tsalap naman ni mr. tsipendale
hindi ko ma-okray ang mademoiselles kaya si kapitana na lang. LOL
kita mo naman, tig-iisa kami, hehehe yong ate ni reesie, leche dalwa! we are family talaga hehe
oo nga, sharing ever…
super Sexy at napaka Cute talaga ang Face ni reesie… lumakas tuloy-ang kabog ng aking Puso… makapag BP nga, baka matuluyan ako nito.
Jeri, naka-mortgage na yan si Reesie hahaha!
OO nga at masyadong mataas ang amortization! Hahaha
Ayos lang yun kapitana, hindi naman ako seloso. he he he
Bwahaha! Si kapitana din hndi selosa kaya bagay kayo. At saka bibigyan ka pa niyan ng predyidir. Di ba Reynz?
Mahirap na Reesie baka magselos si Dencios, baka lasunin pa lahat ng Pananim ko sa aking kabukiran.. ha ha ha
Basta mula ngayon… ikaw na reesie ang…”Apple of my Eyes”.. ha ha ha… magalit na kung sinong magalit dyan. lol!
Hahaha! Baka muta lang yang apple na yan.
haha. boss jeri bigay ko na sayo si kamahalan haha
daming mesmerizing sa barrio isa na dito si ressie. lagi ko naman binabanggit yan sa blog nya
salamat denz at may primyo ka sa akin sa pasko! hahaha
Renz-maniwala ka kaya kung sabihin ko sa iyo ganyan ang katawan ko nung 21 years old ako. Pero yung mukha hindi ha! hahaha!
hehehe pasalamat ka hindi kita nakita 21 years ago kundi hinarbat kita sa gurpren mo hehehe
I can’t imagine me there, nakakalula! remember, takot ako sa tao, hehe. my friend in cali is enviting me to vegas, pero mas trip ko yata dun sa country road, take me home getaway ni darbs.
Roni, madami nga tao pera walang pakialamanan talaga! Hahanga ka sa infrastructures ng Vegas. Wag ka lang magcasino ha! Hahah
@Roni, nang ako bay napadpad sa Virginia? Oo nga ano? Nag-HIATUS rin ako… on the Road and strictly walang celfones/ifons/communication out side the world/ and/or blackberry
COMPLETE SILENCE, IN VACATION TIME!
policy lang, WALANG PERSONALAN!
Heto ung link sa country road. tama ba Ron? Salamat.
http://exodians.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/part-4-napadpad-sa-virginia-the-birthplace-of-america/
Kelan mo ako ililibre ng pamasahe punta dyan fwend?
Bukas-na-bukas din kasi nangangailangan ata yung Caesar Palace Casino ng pole dancer fwend. Qualified na qualified ka. Hahaha
Sa middle of the desyerto isinilang ang isang syudad. So dito pala ang punta mo @Reezkie sa yong pag hiatus. cool!
May tama ka Darbsky!
@Reezkie, bullseye ba? or daplis (patapsing lang ba kaha sa may kilid-kilid)hehehe.
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