Rain starts to pour in Downtown Las Vegas while people cover up to avoid the cold.
Opening ceremony of the first Chick-fil-A restaurant inside a casino at the Golden Nugget on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Shoppers go over whether or not they will skip the lines or join the lines for Black Friday shopping.
The $32 million renovations of the Fremont Street Experience’s Viva Vision canopy have officially wrapped up and are set to debut on New Year’s Eve during the “America’s Party Downtown” event. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Downtown Las Vegas hosted a Veterans day parade on Fourth street running from Gass and Stewart Avenue. (Nathan Asselin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two people were displaced after a fire caused heavy damage to a home near downtown at 1403 South 6th St. on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Circa Las Vegas continues to get ready for their opening at the end of next year. Review-Journal studio host Aaron Drawhorn and business reporter Rick Velotta go over the latest updates of Circa construction.
Homelessness in downtown Las Vegas has reached a crisis level. City officials are urging those on the streets to accept city and nonprofit services. In particular, officials want homeless people to take shelter. Businesses are also opposed to loitering and public indecency outside establishments. A new plan would make it illegal to camp or sleep downtown and elsewhere in public if beds are open. The city says the proposed ordinance would keep homeless and the public safe. But opponents argue shelters are often full and the plan criminalizes homeless. A city council hearing is scheduled Nov. 6. The public is invited to attend.
Binion’s debuted its spinning bar inside the Whiskey Licker Up Saloon. The Rotating bar only goes at one full rotation per 15 minutes overlooking the Fremont Street Experience. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Huntridge Theatre, which opened in 1944 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, could be sold. Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic mentioned a possible deal was in the works at a City Council meeting on Oct. 16, 2019. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
If you want to enjoy some sun while watching the big game, the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center is the best of both worlds. Watch the game for free while enjoying food and beverages from various vendors. If you want to relax inside, the Cosmopolitan is offering various watch party locations. There is a fee for a some locations, but if you want free entertainment, head to the Race & Sports book and grab a signature cocktail while you are there.
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves goes over how he fights in hockey and how he scouts out his opponents before games.
The 37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in downtown Las Vegas
Derek Stevens unveils Circa, his new downtown Las Vegas resort and casino.
Casino owner Derek Stevens announces his new property Circa, coming to Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas in late 2020. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Planet Hollywood prepares fireworks on the rooftop for the New Year’s Eve show on the strip.
Ring in 2019 on Fremont Street during America’s Party Downtown! Fremont Street expects to host over 40,000 people, along with 12 live bands on four stages.
If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the Las Vegas Strip or Fremont Street, be aware that you are not allowed to bring backpacks, coolers, strollers or glass. There will also be an increase in security to ensure safe celebrations across town.
If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the Las Vegas Strip or Fremont Street, be aware that you are not allowed to bring backpacks, coolers, strollers or glass. There will also be an increase in security to ensure safe celebrations across town.
Siegel Cares, the charitable wing of The Siegel Group, delivered toys to families at their apartment complexes in Las Vegas. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The city of Las Vegas is ready to celebrate “America’s Party” with a new and improved fireworks show that will pay tribute to the Golden Knights.
Hundreds of runners participated in the 2018 Halloween Half at Fiesta Henderson hotel-casino. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A large, colorful mural painted by local Las Vegas artist Heather Toledo was unveiled Oct. 14, 2018, on Maryland Parkway and Bridger Avenue, outside the First Good Shepherd Lutheran church.
The Dark Arts Market is a place “for underground kids to come be seen, perform and sell their art work,” according to curator Erin Emre. Open once every three months, the market was hosted this month by the Cornish Pasty Factory in the Downtown Arts District. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bryan Salmond is on the red carpet at the downtown Las Vegas Events Center as the 2018-2019 Golden Knights show up for Fan Fest.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Rossi Ralenkotter… has been under fire for using taxpayer-funded gift cards for personal trips. The Las Vegas Review-Journal found during some of those trips… Ralenkotter didn’t take vacation time as authority policy requires. Board Member John Lee called for an audit of the missing time. But Ralenkotter said he isn’t planning to cash out any time he accrued.
A pair of 26-foot-tall showgirls now greet northbound visitors to downtown Las Vegas. The showgirl figures are modeled after two showgirls who accompany former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman to events. The city’s new gateway sign, on a small strip of land in front of the Denny’s on Las Vegas Boulevard, just north of the Stratosphere, will officially be lit at dusk Tuesday. City officials are working with the Stratosphere to provide parking for visitors.
A pair of 26-foot-tall showgirls now greet northbound visitors to downtown Las Vegas. The showgirl figures are modeled after two showgirls who accompany former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman to events. The city’s new gateway sign, on a small strip of land in front of the Denny’s on Las Vegas Boulevard, just north of the Stratosphere, will officially be lit at dusk Tuesday. City officials are working with the Stratosphere to provide parking for visitors.
A woman in her 80s was hospitalized early Wednesday morning after she was beaten and robbed inside her room at a downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino. The woman was trying to unlock the door to her room just before 1:30 a.m. at the 4 Queens, 202 Fremont St., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon. When the woman opened the door the man forced his way inside and attacked her, striking her in the face and robbing her. The woman was taken to the hospital with injuries to her face, Gordon said.
Downtown Las Vegas developer Derek Stevens is planning a 777-room hotel and casino along the Fremont Street Experience, the first bottom-up resort construction project in years for the downtown area. The downtown block was leveled last year — the Las Vegas Club and Mermaids casinos and Glitter Gulch strip club were razed to make way for the new hotel-casino. The development would transform the west end of Fremont Street, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said. Plans call for the hotel-casino to sit at the block bounded by Fremont Street, Main Street and Ogden Avenue, with a pedestrian bridge over Main Street connecting it with an above-ground parking garage.