Downtown Las Vegas and Fremont are symbiotic areas, in ready walking distance from one another but still somewhat disparate entities. The farther you get from the casinos on Fremont street, the thinner the tourist crowds become- sometimes literally given that the Heart Attack Grill on Fremont street actively advertises to the larger crowd with advertisements encouraging you to "gain all the weight you ever wanted" and free food for people over 350 pounds. The Heart Attack grill greets you at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont- meanwhile, a couple streets over in what is dubbed "Fremont East" or Downtown you'll find vegan restaurants, sushi, small hipster bars and juice bars a plenty. There are still plenty of hotels, motels and hostels on either side of the coin though again, the farther you get from the casinos and telescreen of Fremont Street experience the more different (and run down) it may feel. It's a bit of a patchwork of old and new as Zappos moved into the area and started investing into it there have been pockets of luxury apartments and shiny new murals and shops catering to their tribe.
While the area was the original Vegas strip it had cascaded into near oblivion with the newer casinos farther south...a lot of money has been poured into rejuvenating it over the past few decades and it's brought a lot more life into it while trying to maintain the charms of it's original state- things like 99 cent shrimp cocktails and cheap surf and turf compete with bikini-clad dancing DJs and a zipline that sends shouting thrill seekers overhead in a parade of butts or bellies.
There's always something going on downtown, and we live relatively close to the area as a whole so we've enjoyed going out for a stroll or bike ride with our friends or visitors. On this evening our good pall Ceedro joined us in our jaunt, and it was a lot of fun. We even found the Ghostbusters's sweet ride! This post will cover the photos I took downtown while tomorrow's will focus on the actual Fremont Street Experience. Enjoy!
Until next time!
XOXO,
NAU
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