This massive, multi-level swimming pool and sports viewing complex is designed for both. Stadium SwimĪt Stadium Swim, you won’t have to choose between watching an important game and soaking up the rays. Come along as I share some of my favorite experiences:Ĭirca Resort & Casino and Stadium SwimPhoto credit: Tom Donoghue 2. I had always thought of Fremont Street as a vintage, somewhat time-worn, gambling district preserved in a proud past.Ī recent media trip to Las Vegas showed me how far Fremont Street and the surrounding neighborhood have come since my previous visits. I hadn’t traveled to Las Vegas in several years and certainly not since COVID-19 pivoted our lives. Most of the buzz circulates along Fremont Street, with the canopied experience situated between Main and Fourth streets.
Recent development and a gazillion new glittery lights infuse the area with serious razzle-dazzle.ĭowntown Las Vegas is about 4 miles northeast of the four-mile Strip’s midpoint on Las Vegas Boulevard. The Strip, as that corridor is commonly known, soon dominated as a tourist destination.įremont Street, however, never completely lost its allure. Then came the end of World War II, and new mega-hotels with glitzy casinos and top-flight entertainment cropped up along Las Vegas Boulevard a few miles away. After Nevada legalized gambling in 1931, the first casinos in Las Vegas proliferated along Fremont Street in the city’s downtown region.