FREMONT STREET CHANGES

THIS BLOG IS MAINLY FOR MY BUDDY MIKEY, UNLESS YOU HAPPEN TO BE A BIG FAN OF FREMONT STREET DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS.

MARY JUST FINISHED UP THE WHOLE 30 DIET, WHICH SHE HAS DONE MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND ONE OF THE MANY THINGS YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP IS ALCOHOL. SO WE THOUGHT WE’D CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF “GRANDMA JACK” WITH A WALK ABOUT AND DRINKING ON FREMONT STREET. ALTHOUGH I HIT FREMONT STREET AT LEAST TWICE A WINTER, IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE MARY HAS BEEN THERE.

EXCEPT FOR THE NFR RODEO AND NEW YEARS EVE, DECEMBER IS THE BEST TIME (CHEAPEST) TO VISIT VEGAS. OUR ROOM AT THE FOUR QUEENS WAS $28 + TAX. PARKING WAS FREE, AND NOW DAYS THAT’S  $20 SAVED RIGHT THERE, AND ANOTHER $20 SAVED WITH NO RESORT FEES.

WE ONLY SPENT ONE NIGHT AND HAD OVER 21,000 STEPS ON OUR FITBITS. NO WHERE NEAR UNCLE NEIL’S RECORD OF OVER 27,000. MARY HAD GOOD LUCK AT THE GOLDEN GATE HITTING FOUR OF A KIND THREE TIMES ON THE SAME MACHINE IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES FOR A WIN OF $180. REX ON THE OTHER HAND GOT BEAT UP PRETTY BAD ON THE CRAPS TABLE AT THE FOUR QUEENS. ALL IN ALL WE HAD A GOOD TIME, AND OF COURSE HIT TRADER JOES ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN.

OK, NOW FOR SOME CHANGES:

HERE IS THE FAMOUS DRIVERLESS SHUTTLE THAT MAKES IT’S ROUNDS DOWNTOWN. IT’S FREE AND YOU JUST HOP ON AND OFF WHENEVER.

IT MADE THE NATIONAL NEWS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK WHEN A TRUCK BACKED INTO IT, THE FIRST DAY IT WENT INTO SERVICE.

THIS PICTURE IS THE CORNER OF FREMONT AND LAS VEAG BLVD WHERE THE HARLEY DAVIDSON T-SHIRT STORE WAS. NOW IT’S A WHILE CASTLE AND REX WILL NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN !! I BOUGHT SLIDERS HERE TWICE IN MY ONE DAY STAY.

THIS IS OUT FRONT OF THE D WHERE USUALLY THERE ARE BASKETBALL HOOPS DURING THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, BUT AT CHRISTMAS IT’S A HUGH CHRISTMAS TREE.

OF COURSE THE BIGGEST CHANGES ARE ON THE OTHER END OF THE STREET WHERE THEY HAVE REMOVED MERRMAIDS, GLITTER GULCH, AND THE LAS VEGAS CLUB. THIS WAS TAKEN FROM IN FRONT OF THE ABC STORE.

TAKEN FROM BINIONS, THE BACK TOWER OF HOTEL ROOMS FROM THE VEGAS CLUB ARE STILL STANDING.

THIS TAKEN FROM ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE PLAZA.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CALIFORNIA AT MAIN AND OGDEN. THE REMAINING TOWER IS COMPLETELY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC MESH TO PREVENT FALLING DEBRIS.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE NEW CASINO HOTEL WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WON’T OPEN FOR THREE YEARS IN 2020.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR COATS IT WAS “SUNNY & 55”