Fremont Hotel and Casino
{{short description|Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox Casino
| casino = Fremont Hotel and Casino
| logo = Fremont Hotel and Casino.svg
| logo_size = 200
| image = Sam Boyd's Fremont Casino on empty night.jpg
| image_size = 250
| image_caption =
| address = 200 Fremont Street|location=Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
| date_opened = {{start date and age|May 18, 1956}}
| coordinates = {{coord|36|10|15|N|115|8|35|W|region:US-NV_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map=United States Downtown Las Vegas#Nevada
| date_closed =
| casino_type = Land
| owner = Boyd Gaming
| architect =
| rooms = 447
| space_gaming = {{convert|32000|sqft|abbr=on}}
| attractions = Fremont Street Experience
| notable_restaurants = Tony Roma's
Second Street Grill
Paradise Buffet and Cafe
| renovations = 1963, 1976, 2005–2006, 2007
| website = [http://www.fremontcasino.com/ Fremont Hotel & Casino]
}}
The Fremont Hotel & Casino is located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Fremont Street Experience, named after American explorer and politician John C. Frémont. The casino is operated by the Boyd Gaming Corporation.
History
The Fremont Hotel is located on 200 Fremont Street. It was designed by architect Wayne McAllister and opened on May 18, 1956, as the tallest building in the state of Nevada. At the time of its opening it had 155 rooms, cost $6 million to open and was owned by Ed Levinson and Lou Lurie.{{cite web|url= http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html|title= Las Vegas Hotels and Casino's|access-date= 2008-11-21|publisher= University of Nevada|archive-date= 2006-09-01|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060901233504/http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/casinosbyname.html|url-status= dead}} In 1963, the Hotel was expanded to include the 14-story Ogden tower and one of the city's first vertical parking garages.{{cite book |title=Las Vegas - A Centennial History |author=Eugene P. Moehring |author2=Michael S. Green |year= 2005|publisher=University of Nevada Press |isbn= 978-0-87417-615-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ7mORxm6TYC&dq=Las+Vegas+By+Eugene+P.+Moehring,+Michael+S.+Green&pg=PP1|access-date= 2008-11-21 }}
In 1974, Allen Glick's Argent Corporation purchased the Fremont and in 1976 expanded the casino at a cost of $4 million. In 1983, Sam Boyd bought the Fremont to add to his Boyd Gaming group properties.{{cite web|url= http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/archinfo.php?act=2&ent=proj&id=539|title= Fremont Hotel|access-date= 2008-11-21|publisher= University of Nevada|archive-date= 2011-09-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225518/http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/archdb/archinfo.php?act=2&ent=proj&id=539}}
The Fremont Hotel and Casino is one of the casinos and hotels currently located in Downtown Las Vegas that is part of the Fremont Street Experience. The casino is located on what is commonly referred to as the four corners. These are the four main hotels that are located on the corner of Casino Center Boulevard and Fremont Street. The four casinos making up the four corners are The Fremont, the Four Queens, the Golden Nugget, and Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel. Casino Center Boulevard is the only through street that passes under the canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. It passes between the Fremont and the Four Queens located on one side of the boulevard and The Golden Nugget and Binions located on the opposite side of the Boulevard.
In 1959,{{cite web|url= http://www.uso.org/whoweare/famousfaces/waynenewton/|title= USO Wayne Newton|access-date= 2008-11-21|publisher= USO.org|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090303055251/http://www.uso.org/whoweare/famousfaces/waynenewton/|archive-date= 2009-03-03}} Wayne Newton made his start in Las Vegas at the Fremont at its Carnival Lounge.{{cite book |title=Las Vegas - A Centennial History |author=Eugene P. Moehring |author2=Michael S. Green |year= 2005 |publisher=University of Nevada Press |isbn=0-87417-615-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ7mORxm6TYC&dq=Las+Vegas+By+Eugene+P.+Moehring,+Michael+S.+Green&pg=PP1 |access-date= 2008-11-21 }}
= Film history =
Many scenes from the Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn movie Swingers were filmed inside the Fremont, including their games of blackjack. The casino also appears periodically in the 1992 Disney film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and briefly in Vegas Vacation.
Country singer Danni Leigh filmed the music video for her 2000 single "Honey I Do" near the Fremont Hotel and Casino
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|1=http://www.fremontcasino.com}}
{{Las Vegas casinos}}
{{Las Vegas hotels}}
{{Las Vegas skyscrapers}}
{{Downtown Las Vegas}}
{{Boyd Gaming}}
Category:Casinos in the Las Vegas Valley
Category:Hotels established in 1956
Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1956
Category:Skyscraper hotels in Las Vegas