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Fremont Street Started It All
Four miles north of the Bellagio fountains, Las Vegas runs on a different clock.
Fremont Street is where the city learned to gamble, where the first legal casino opened in 1931 and where neon signs have been buzzing since Sinatra was still skinny. The Strip gets the Instagram shots.
But if you want to understand how Vegas became Vegas, you start under the world’s biggest LED screen, surrounded by casinos that still remember when five bucks bought you a seat at the blackjack table.
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The Canopy Stretches 1,500 Feet
The Viva Vision screen hangs 90 feet above Fremont Street and runs the length of five football fields. It holds 49 million LED lights and blasts free shows every night starting at dusk…