Editing Las Vegas (section)

====Downtown casinos====
{{Main|Downtown (Nevada gaming area)}}
The [[Golden Gate Hotel and Casino]], downtown along the Fremont Street Experience, is the oldest continuously operating hotel and casino in Las Vegas; it opened in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada.

In 1931, the [[Northern Club (casino)|Northern Club]] (now the [[La Bayou]]) opened.<ref name=lvrj20000727>{{cite news |first=Heidi Knapp |last=Rinella |title=New book raises questions about Silver State |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 27, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/fse/fse01.html |title=Fremont Street Experience Brings Downtown Las Vegas into Next Century |access-date=December 8, 2008 |publisher=[[Fremont Street Experience]] |archive-date=March 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310095204/http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/fse/fse01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The most notable of the early casinos may have been [[Binion's Horseshoe]] (now [[Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel]]) while it was run by [[Benny Binion]].

[[Boyd Gaming]] has a major presence downtown operating the [[California Hotel & Casino]], the [[Fremont Hotel & Casino]], and the [[Main Street Casino]]. The [[Four Queens]] also operates downtown along the Fremont Street Experience.

Downtown casinos that have undergone major renovations and revitalization in recent years include the [[Golden Nugget Las Vegas]], [[The D Las Vegas]] (formerly Fitzgerald's), the [[Downtown Grand|Downtown Grand Las Vegas]] (formerly Lady Luck), the [[El Cortez (Las Vegas)|El Cortez Hotel & Casino]], and the [[Plaza Hotel & Casino]].<ref>2013 Fiscal Year in Review, city of Las Vegas Economic and Urban Development Projects, "A New Downtown Emerges."</ref>

In 2020, [[Circa Resort & Casino]] opened, becoming the first all-new hotel-casino to be built on Fremont Street since 1980.<ref name=Kat>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Circa is Las Vegas pioneer Derek Stevens' chosen title |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/circa-is-las-vegas-pioneer-derek-stevens-chosen-title-video-1570930/ |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 10, 2019 |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813060904/https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/circa-is-las-vegas-pioneer-derek-stevens-chosen-title-video-1570930/ |url-status=live }}</ref>