![]() ![]() ![]() Before the Las Vegas Strip came into existence, Downtown Las Vegas was the colorful heart of the valley with its own stories about Prohibition (let’s just say no one went thirsty) the rise of Mob control of the casinos the Golden Age of the Rat Pack, and even had a literal front seat for the Atomic Era.ĭowntown Las Vegas has always kept its frontier attitude of freewheeling expansion and rules that were meant to be broken. Gambling, booze, and loose women followed the railroad, and the hotel became the town’s gaming nerve center.Īlthough gambling was outlawed for a time, it came back in full force in the 1930s, welcoming in a whole new set of players as Hoover Dam workers made it their recreational center. When the rails reached Las Vegas in 1904, so did the Hotel Nevada (now the Golden Gate) at the corner of Fremont and Main Streets, which opened soon after. Little more than a century ago, Las Vegas was a railroad stopover between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. ![]()
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