At
the end of Fremont Street, decked out
with an array of lights running its length,
is what some call “the anchor of
Fremont”. The Plaza Casino and Hotel
was supposedly built on the site of the
first railroad station in Las Vegas, and
is known all over the world as a site
that is worth seeing. The Plaza has been
synonymous with Las Vegas since a time
when people dressed up in a suit and tie
to go see a movie. A place where Las Vegas
history began, the Plaza was built in
the 1940 and heavily renovated in the
1970s. Its structure incorporates one
of the last classic 1970s glass dome restaurants,
the “Center Stage Restaurant”,
whose unique construction gives patrons
an excellent view of the “Las Vegas
Experience”.
Owned currently by Barrak Gaming Corp,
the casino is slotted for major renovations
in the near future. Hopefully what little
remains of the classic 1970s Vegas will
stay, including the fact that the Plaza
is one of the few hotels left to have
a classic wedding chapel built right into
its floor plan. Perhaps the Rat Pack days
are gone forever, but at least in some
way they will be remembered. As their
web site says: “There is an intimacy
Downtown... a human scale. You can walk
from casino to casino, shop to shop. Downtown
Las Vegas is on an upswing like nothing
we’ve seen before - from a variety
of casinos, restaurants, and shopping
centers to the spectacular Fremont Street
Experience with a five-block pedestrian
mall and a 2.1 million light and sound
extravaganza. It’s affordable, real,
and yours.”
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