This is the Fremont Street Experience.
I spent the day checking out the ‘strip’ at one end of the boulevard and the old end of town on Fremont Street. After sundown I decide to checkout Fremont Street for the ‘Fremont Street Experience’. As explained earlier, a part of Fremont Street is now a mall with a special roof. The ceiling is a video screen, the biggest there is apparently and they are probably right. I’ve come back at night to see it in action. The nightlife in the Fremont mall is amazing. The Nancy Ragans are performing covers of 80’s hits and there are al sorts of performances and attractions for the length of the mall. There us a mix of locals and tourists an everyone seems in a relaxed and happy mood. Every second shop entrance it seems is a casino full of bright lights and gaming machines, waiting to lure in punters. On the hour all of the casino lights in the mall stop and the mall-ceiling comes alive with a colorful video display. This screen runs for several blocks so is very long. Music blares out to accompany the vision. It is very, very effective. I don’t know how they do it but it is spectacular. The atmosphere here is different to the polished glitzy ‘strip’. There is much more character here amongst all of the activity. It seems more genuine and is certainly entertaining. This has been a highlight of my visit here.
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