Take a drive down Fremont street in Las Vegas in 1988 when it was still a street. I taped this in real time from the car window (edited the long traffic light stops) on January 11,1988.
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@VintageLasVegas9 жыл бұрын
FREMONT (north side) 0:40 El Portal Theater 0:49 Fremont 1:35 Binion’s Horseshoe 2:00 The Mint 2:09 Sassy Sallys, Glitter Gultch 2:17 Golden Goose 2:20 Las Vegas Club MAIN 2:45 California OGDEN 3:38 Lady Luck 4:05 Gold Spike FREMONT (south side) 4:51 Sundance 4:54 Four Queens 5:10 Golden Nugget 5:26 Pioneer Club 5:33 Coin Castle 5:36 Golden Gate
@exfoliage Жыл бұрын
I never had the opportunity to experience this desert oasis 🌵. But through this video, I have vicariously lived out this dream, electronically. Though Vegas no longer looks like this, this video is definitely a time capsule and Portal into another dimension. Thank you for sharing this audio/visualization!!
@RXO95111 жыл бұрын
when i walk down Fremont i'm amazed cars could ever fit on that street
@dannyboydeluxfromthebigitybay4 жыл бұрын
Now there are ko cars on Fremont walking only
@WONANDONESPORTS2 жыл бұрын
@@dannyboydeluxfromthebigitybay you can dive thru Fremont
@badbearwatch12 жыл бұрын
SO COOL! You now have official very clear historical footage here, thank you for posting this !
@mikaelpersson22732 жыл бұрын
WOW - Awesome, this is the Las Vegas i miss so much.
@neilm.9563 жыл бұрын
My grandmother took me to Las Vegas for the first time and we stay at the Sundance Hotel and Casino on grand opening weekend in July 1980. I made my very first bet on the Craps table at Sundance. I missed their $3.99 all can you eat Prime Rib buffet dinner. Thanks for uploading the video, it brought back a lot of good memories when I saw the Sundance hotel.
@mast62097 жыл бұрын
awesome, that people always feel the urge to document parts of history.. even things like building that seem unimportant. but without them all that would be lost forever...
@OfficialLILV6 жыл бұрын
Wow. Thanks for sharing! So fun to see it back then.
@alpappalardi70443 жыл бұрын
When you see Woolworth. You know it’s vintage 5 and 10 . Las Vegas’ better days for sure
@stevensmith76283 жыл бұрын
Thank You for sharing. People need to see when Vegas was great.
@terrytitus69452 жыл бұрын
for sure,great memories!!!
@Kruegerisgod2 жыл бұрын
It's even bigger now
@shishosaigon11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video. I came to the USA in 1989 (from Czechoslovakia) and live short time in Las Vegas at Martin Arms Motel. Wonderful time - wonderful people. Viva Las Vegas.
@davidcastaneda24053 жыл бұрын
I started my first job in Vegas the union plaza of Dec 1998 then 2005 worked at the stardust for a short time then went to Rio casino at the same time working at Bally's casino as an extra on both from the union. Rio wanted to hire me but Bally's hired me first still working there 17 years. .but do to covid am on layoff... my home town was California west Covina. .
@davidinthedesert35325 жыл бұрын
I loved the old Horseshoe. I still have my players club card.
@paleo7045 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@beatler113 жыл бұрын
Use to go there before there was no such thing as a players club cards. Ya just asked the pit boss for a dinner comp and they simply said, SURE, they signed it and the family could eat for free!
@virgilshanks33656 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading! Brought back a lot of memories.
@surferdude75697 жыл бұрын
right across the street from Woolworth was the worlds best Chinese restaurant they only had 5 tables and it might have really small. but the food was good. wow cinemas 123 that was such a cool place to watch movies pay $1.50 and watch movies all day .used to have friend from school work there .she used to give me free popcorn and soda .i miss the old Fremont street.to use that were born there are lived in vegas before 1994 .we thought cruising fremont street was the greatest thing ever
@LivingLifeOutWest Жыл бұрын
I haven’t lived here long BUT it looks like that area was better back in the 1980’s than it is today. 🤷♀️
@michaelbodell1115 жыл бұрын
Love the old neon signage it was better when the mob ran it it had character now it's a corporate dump hole-now
@paleo7045 жыл бұрын
Still plenty of neon on Fremont
@beatler113 жыл бұрын
Sure use to have fun in downtown back in the 80s. I can trace the decline of Vegas is when they revamped the Golden Nugget and then built the Mirage. It was all down hill from there.
@WONANDONESPORTS2 жыл бұрын
@@paleo704 downtown is live
@WONANDONESPORTS2 жыл бұрын
@@beatler11 downtown is liver than ever
@tommyguns90083 жыл бұрын
I moved to Las Vegas a year before this was filmed. I got a good the last taste of old-school Vegas.
@GrowinupinSincity8112 жыл бұрын
1,2,3 Cinemas. With a Robocop poster!
@gregorymonroe5407 Жыл бұрын
I use to work at the Lady Luck casino,God what memories
@Bennywow0112 жыл бұрын
I almost forgot what it was like back then. Thank you for the memory.
@emptyspotlight5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't even born yet. Wish I could go back in time to see it
@terrytitus69452 жыл бұрын
way better than Freemont Street Experience,trust me!!!
@jordanyoung26159 жыл бұрын
This really brings ack memories,thanks for posting
@williamthethespian Жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Thanks.
@jordanyoung26159 жыл бұрын
I remember the movie theater on Fremont,use to take the bus downtown and watch old Kung fu movies there.
@tomany654 жыл бұрын
Same here. The 1 2 3 cinema.
@mmaxwell79 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you for sharing. Cool piece of history.
@jmer35364 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Wish you had more of the Park hotel casino at the time. Now the Main street station
@cinerama623 жыл бұрын
I agree, I worked at the Park in 88-89.
@GrantSorensen12 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, thanks for posting!
@jetknight75622 жыл бұрын
1988 downtown Las Vegas looked pretty decent everything was up and running..2021 skidrow.. and most business gone...
@MrZola1234 Жыл бұрын
This is right about the time I started coming to Las Vegas. I believe the train station was still behind the plaza at this point.
@gonstotwriter4 жыл бұрын
My first trip there was in May '88. I remember the movie theatre (the butch lesbian manager was very polite, one of the few friendly people I met in that town). I ate a $2.99 steak dinner at the Horseshoe and this cute blonde chick gave me a coupon, which I took inside and turned in for a cheap digital watch. I ate 59-cent shrimp cocktails and 69-cent chocolate sundaes (worst sundae ever!). I stayed at Linda Manor for $325 per month. Today, LV is a very different place.
@realitycheck10923 жыл бұрын
I just ate a steak dinner in Vegas for $65 😓
@blacksultan8512 жыл бұрын
WOOLWORTH? YOU CAN TELL THIS IS AN OLD VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@t-squared64063 жыл бұрын
1988,I lived at the Lee Motel,Carson,8th,across from the old unemployment office,so many great food deals downtown,near Cashman Field,saw the Stars a ton,visiting team stayed at the LV Club shopped at Ranch Market sometimes near there!
@chm9935 Жыл бұрын
Never been to vegas. Looks way diiferent than today
@gastronomist4 жыл бұрын
6:55 The Mob Museum
@MrRODNEYTWO Жыл бұрын
I bet this person never imagined we’d be watching this 35 years from later 😂
@mistervacation233 жыл бұрын
You should really watch some of Bror Fredik's Vegas Vlogs, he has quite the following.
@veerchasm16 жыл бұрын
0:03 “You’re Gimballs Marge!” Burn that canopy down, ☀️ rules
@GuruSaitravelvloginpune11412 жыл бұрын
Nice AWESOME Very interesting GuruSai Travel in Pune
@badbearwatch12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful clarity to the video, FANTASTIC !
@MiteshDamania11 жыл бұрын
very little has changed a compared to the strip
@kschreihart6 жыл бұрын
The Casino's themselves are very much the same inside.
@biscaynebool68072 жыл бұрын
Never been down this part in a car
@davidcastaneda24056 жыл бұрын
exactly!! Freemont should have stayed as open road like a mini strip..now it looks smaller. .
@richardmarquez11682 жыл бұрын
I remember it well! The year I moved there and you could still drive thru Fremont St….
@GrowinupinSincity8112 жыл бұрын
6:30 Park Casino? Is that where Main Street Station is now?
@805NAVE6 жыл бұрын
GrowinupinSincity81 yes.
@CowSaysMooMoo5 жыл бұрын
Was also the Holiday International.....I have chips from there. Not to be confused with the Holiday Boardwalk on the strip....
@terrytitus69452 жыл бұрын
What I remember mostly were all the cabs lined up,how about when my neighbor said rolls up the windows in that area,that year,a neighbor worked at Sassy Sally's,double,double jackpot,liked their snackbar,went to movies,McDonald's,$1.86 chicken dinner at Vegas Club also home to visiting teams that played the LV stars,lots of memories on Freemont and Ogden!!!
@davidcastaneda24056 жыл бұрын
PLAZA my first job in vegas when I came from California. .now I work on the strip. .
@stevengoodman7167 Жыл бұрын
Howdy partner welcome to down town Las vegas
@stevengoodman7167 Жыл бұрын
I lived at queen of hearts hotel for about 3 weeks back in Dec 1991 then went back to Texas
@Locutus4 ай бұрын
4:30 I assume is the Walgreens? What was it called before? And when did it become Walgreens?
@terrymertz19234 жыл бұрын
was Fremont street a one way to traffic?
@KingChris3963 жыл бұрын
It looks 100x better then, than it does now. It’s ghetto and trashy down at Fremont street nowadays
@keithwarner6997 Жыл бұрын
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@kitjgg4 жыл бұрын
amazing footage, would it be possible to use in a film i'm creating?
@richardmarquez11682 жыл бұрын
When you could still drive through Fremont St.!
@VegasGar11 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@jimmybarrett55652 жыл бұрын
Wow I Was There At That Time I Remember Long Foot Hot Dog For A Dollar Or A Mini Pizza For A Dollar On Fremont St And There Use To Be A Adult Movie Theater Near Fremont Street
@beatler113 жыл бұрын
I walked into CIRCA? the new modern casino in downtown the other day..............I sure miss The Las Vegas Club.
@alangray911710 ай бұрын
Wish the corporates would have kept cheap food 😢
@Bartels9210 жыл бұрын
The "Fremont Street Experience" was one of the worst things that ever happened to Las Vegas. It looked so much better back then
@Jurassicprince6 жыл бұрын
Andrew Bartels Yes! And not only that, they removed so much neon!! It looks so sad now
@kschreihart6 жыл бұрын
I disagree 100%, if they did not open up the Fremont Street experience almost all the downtown casinos were slated to close due to the strip expanding. The Fremont Experience saved downtown and brought it new life. I was there before they built the light show and closed the street to cars and the casinos were mainly empty on a Saturday night.
@paleo7046 жыл бұрын
Kurt Schreihart true
@B.N.HMedia6 жыл бұрын
Nah the fremont experience saved down town its more alive than its ever been.
@paleo7046 жыл бұрын
Joshua Sullivan correct
@davidcastaneda24056 жыл бұрын
Reno has the old downtown. ..hope it stays that way????
@tjstraw14 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one that compared Reno to downtown Vegas.
@cbwynners4 жыл бұрын
it's reminds me the old days
@bindardundat4544 жыл бұрын
It is the old days genius
@Theranthrope11 жыл бұрын
This makes me feel nostalgic, but I do remember Downtown as being a downscale dump back then.
@Locutus4 ай бұрын
7:00 what building was that? Almost looks like it's Trump Tower. 😂
@MartinSage3 жыл бұрын
Lady Luck 1966 till 2006
@Mike-gl4wtАй бұрын
Time Machine Tube
@bobbymissthe80s313 жыл бұрын
0:03 Woolworth!
@steveferguson82326 күн бұрын
Whet with friends. Many. Times. In. 80s we eat frist. Go to concertx. After conccets. Party. Go shopping we had not been back since. 1990
@Theranthrope11 жыл бұрын
That Woolworth was there until 94' or 95' (although, it was vacant for a while before the canopy went up).
@badgerfishinski68574 жыл бұрын
That's when Vegas was Vegas....
@louistaylor27695 ай бұрын
I remember the pool Hal that was were Lady luck was at it was a small place shape like and L u had sir John's Barber shop and Larry's pool Hal the good day
@alplumasr5 жыл бұрын
Too bad they can't keep the tweakers and dirty bums off Fremont St.
@islandbee5 жыл бұрын
That's no different from The Strip either.
@123jac3 жыл бұрын
Good old days; Vegas sucks now.
@bindardundat4544 жыл бұрын
So much more fun today with canopy
@shaniceturner41305 жыл бұрын
they tore drown lady luck.
@davidinthedesert35325 жыл бұрын
Lady Luck is now the Downtown Grand. But I still have my players club card from Lady Luck.