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1 Fremont Street Has Story To Tell

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Fremont Street is famous. It is where most of the downtown hotels & casinos are found. They are the main attraction in downtown Las Vegas today. 1 Fremont Street is very special. There is a story to tell about this address. The beginning of the hotel industry in Las Vegas started here.

If you had to guess, would you know what is the oldest hotel & casino in Las Vegas? Of course, the Strip was not in existence when Las Vegas was founded in 1905, so this hotel was built and still stands in downtown Las Vegas.

The answer is The Golden Gate, often known for it’s shrimp cocktail that used to be 50 cents in 1959, but now is $3.99.  The price may be a little higher in 2017.

This is still a steal-deal when you consider that you get about 30 shrimp in a serving. In 2008 over 30 million of these dishes had been served and we can’t confirm the current number, but on anyone’s scale, it’s a lot of shrimp.

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The Golden Gate has not always been the Golden Gate. This property opened in 1906 as Hotel Nevada. Then, in 1931, when gambling was legalized in Nevada, the name was changed to Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). Finally, in the 50s businessmen from San Francisco bought the hotel and renamed it the Golden Gate.

Part of the original structure is still there. It is an historic site that we hope our friends will visit. The gambling is good there too. They have 3/2 blackjack and good rules too. And, downtown has better slot payouts than the Strip. This is one good reason to come to downtown Las Vegas.

There is one other interesting historic point worth mentioning about the Golden Gate. The very first telephone in Las Vegas was installed here in 1907.

There are so many reasons to visit the Golden Gate, the first Las Vegas hotel.

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