However, as short as its tenure in the nightlife of Las Vegas was, its combination of a full casino, restaurant and showroom under one roof would prove revolutionary to the very entity of the city.Īs gaming facilities began to grow along Fremont Street, Las Vegas began to see the emergence of neon signs. Fremont Street was home to the city's first paved street, first traffic light, and perhaps most influentially, its first casino, the Meadows Hotel, which operated between 19. Long before the flashy casinos for which Las Vegas is famous for today, there was downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street. The Original Las Vegas Strip Fremont Street today exists in the form of the 'Fremont Street Experience'.
