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Fremont Street Experience — Blue and yellow light show over Fremont Street’s crowded covered walkwayPhoto: Rik007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · edited
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Fremont Street Experience

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Fremont Street Experience is a pedestrian mall across the five westernmost blocks of Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, beside some of the city’s oldest casinos.

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Fremont Street Experience — Colorful ceiling display above the nighttime pedestrian street Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain · edited
Fremont Street Experience — Colorful ceiling display above the nighttime pedestrian streetFremont Street Experience — Daylight view beneath the canopy toward Fremont Street’s shopsFremont Street Experience — Wide interior view of the covered street and casino facadesFremont Street Experience — Red light show sweeping across the Fremont Street canopyFremont Street Experience — Pink light patterns above visitors and street kiosksFremont Street Experience — Bright screens and red graphics receding along the covered walkwayFremont Street Experience — Street entrance beneath the Fremont Street Experience canopyFremont Street Experience — Daytime view of casino facades and the covered pedestrian streetFremont Street Experience — Nighttime view of the Fremont Street canopy and surrounding signs

What's on here

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Opening hours

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Monday00:00 – 23:59
Tuesday00:00 – 23:59
Wednesday00:00 – 23:59
Thursday00:00 – 23:59
Friday00:00 – 23:59
Saturday00:00 – 23:59
Sunday00:00 – 23:59

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Why go

  • Downtown Las Vegas’s counterpart to the Strip.
  • The Academy Award-winning film Anora was filmed here in 2023.
  • Three stages host usually free concerts and nightly entertainment.
  • Fremont Street’s neon signs earned it the nickname Glitter Gulch.

Interesting facts5

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  1. 90 feet

    The canopy is about 90 feet (27 metres) high and 1,375 feet (419 metres) long, spanning four blocks of the five-block attraction.

    Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia
  2. 11,800 kilograms

    Sixteen columns support the canopy, each weighing about 11,800 kilograms.

    Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia
  3. 550,000 watts

    An amplification system rated at 550,000 watts powers 220 speakers.

    Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia
  4. 32 million

    The current display cost US$32 million.

    Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia

  5. The Golden Nugget was the first hotel designed as a casino from the outset.

    Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia

History

Several casinos developed the attraction in the 1990s to draw visitors downtown. Architect Mary Kozlowski conceived the canopy light show after an earlier sky parade proposal was dropped. Construction required removing part of Vegas Vic’s cowboy hat.

  1. 1925Nevada issued its first gambling license to the Northern Club on Fremont Street.
  2. September 1994Fremont Street became permanently closed to vehicles.
  3. 1994–1995Canopy construction began on September 7, 1994, and continued until February 1995.
  4. December 1995The light show opened with a presentation featuring the Nevada Symphony Orchestra.
  5. June 2004The original display was replaced with one able to show 16.7 million colors.
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  1. June 2019A new digital display with 49.2 million LEDs enabled shows in daylight.

Tips for your visit

  • Use Main Street and Fourth Street as reference points for the canopy-covered stretch; the pedestrian attraction extends across five blocks.

Best time to visit

  • Visit in the evening for the nightly canopy shows.

Know before you go

  • During shows: Building lights beneath the canopy go dark before each show, and a crossing street is temporarily blocked for safety.

Don't miss

  • Viva Vision screenWatch light-and-sound shows across the overhead screen, with 130,000 square feet of display space.Above the promenade from Main Street to Fourth Street.Nightly
  • SlotZilla lower zipline and upper ZoomlineThe lower zipline runs 77 feet (23 metres) above the mall. The upper Zoomline carries prone riders 114 feet (35 metres) above it for 1,750 feet (533 metres).Above the pedestrian mall.
  • Hacienda horse-and-rider signSpot the horse-and-rider neon sign from the former Hacienda hotel-casino marking the canopy’s east entrance.At the canopy’s east entrance.

How to get there

  • ParkingA parking structure with about 1,430 spaces stands at the east end of the street.
  • On footFor a walking approach, use the junction of Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard South, beside Neonopolis at the promenade’s end.

Sources: Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia · Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia (part 2) · Las Vegas/Downtown - Wikivoyage (see) · Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia · Fremont Street Experience - Wikipedia · checked 26 Sep 2026

Where
425 Fremont Street, NV, Las Vegas

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Questions and answers

What early Las Vegas history is associated with Fremont Street Experience?

Sites along Fremont Street are associated with Las Vegas’s first hotel, telephone and paved street.

Are the historic casinos on Fremont Street Experience still operating?

Several have closed: Las Vegas Club in 2015, and La Bayou and Mermaids in 2016.

What occupies former casino premises near Fremont Street Experience?

The former Pioneer Club is a gift shop, while the Mint is now part of Binion’s.

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