Premiering in December of 1995, the $70 million dollar project dubbed the Fremont Street Experience is a partnership between the City of Las Vegas and the Fremont Street Experience Limited Liability Company, with contributions from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. This one of a kind light and sound show consists of over 2 million lights and 540,000 watts of concert quality sound presented each night at dusk. The Experience includes a misting system, retail systems, kiosks, and free mall entertainment. To get the full effect, you must visit this site and see the videos for yourself.
http://www.vegasexperience.com/index.htm
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- Fremont Street Experience Fact Sheet
The Fremont Street Experience has created an entirely new environment for Fremont. The major elements of this extravagant people promenade consists of the space frame, which serves as the venue for the light and sound shows put on nightly. It is 90 feet high and stretches almost 1400 feet down the street. The parking plaza , a 1430 parking space structure, makes room for the thousands of persons shopping at the plaza shops and the festival marketplace. There are more than 45,000 square feet of retail shops and a variety of retail carts. Enjoy a stoll through the pedestrian mall, which was created when Fremont Street was permanently closed to vehicular traffic in 1994. Histoy buffs will appreciate the historical neon signs that have been restored, relit, and hung for everyone's enjoyment.
http://hometown.aol.com/casinonews/dt-hist2.htm
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- High-Tech Transformation
The Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), a third generation family owned business, was brought in to create the 1376 foot long Graphic Display System (GDS) as part of the Fremont Street Experience project. After 143,000 man hours invested, the display is 30 times bigger than any other existing message center. The GDS was custom created and has an interplay between 121 computers.
http://www.yesco.com/news4.html
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- Jerde Partnership International
This article about the Fremont Street Experience is from 1995, but has some fantastic pictures that really capture the essence of magnifigance the nightly light and sound shows exude. This project literally reversed the ten year decline of the downtown strip. There is nothing comparable to the 2.1 million lights and the 540,000-watt sound system.
http://www.jerde.com/fremont.html
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- Las Vegas Style
This writer at Las Vegas Style takes a not so favorable look at The Fremont Street Experience. The claim here is that most of the downtown hotels and casinos have lost their individuality by becoming part of the Fremont Street Experience. Only a few downtown properties have escaped, namely the El Cortez and Lady Luck. Instead of everyone advertising as a group under the Fremont Street Experience, more individual advertising is needed. Even then, that won't be enough to compete with the Strip.
http://www.lvstyle.com/memberyfy/aug2001/page12.html
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- Sightseeing
Before it was the Fremont Street Experience, the area between Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street was referred to as the "Glitter Gulch". However, as more casinos opened on the Strip, the downtown casinos on Fremont began to lose business. Thus began the $70 million dollar project known as The Fremont Street Experience. Several times throughout the night on the hour, all of the casinos on Fremont Street turn off their outdoor neon lights to showcase the overhead light and sound shows. It is a must see if you are planning a trip to Vegas.
http://www.travelape.com/lasvegas/attractions/fremont-experience/
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- Steel Tube Institute
The Steel Tube Institute focuses on the architecture of the four block long space frame covering Fremont Street. The frame was designed by The Jerde Partnership International of Venice, California and is made completely out of steel Hollow Structural Sections (HSS). The 800 feet of steel tubing is 1400 feet long, 100 feet across, and 90 feet high. In the daytime it screens out approximately 60% of the desert sun, and at night serves as the stage for the world's largest computer light show with 2.1 million lights and a 540,000 watt sound system.
http://www.steeltubeinstitute.org/pdf/casestudies/freemont_street.pdf
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