Downtown Las Vegas, where the boom started and many developments took place in this area of the Las Vegas city, is now all set to stay ahead in the race. The Las Vegas Downtown area has been witnessing a huge mega sized project in order to keep pace with the booming Las Vegas Strip.
Much has been said about Downtown Las Vegas’s mega project which is a multimillion dollar project with high aims. The name of the upcoming mega project at the downtown Las Vegas is The Fremont Street Experience. After the enabling laws were passed in 1993 by the legislature of the Nevada state under which the city of Las Vegas falls the project became financially feasible and construction work started in the following year, 994. The project was scheduled to be completed by September 1995. As far as the ambitious project for the downtown Las Vegas, The Fremont Street Experience is concerned; it is basically a public/private partnership between the Fremont Street Experience Company which is an organization owned and run by a group of Downtown casino operators and the city of Las Vegas.
In another major development in the downtown Las Vegas, the company named as the Jerde Partnership having expertise in creating lively urban centers, has plans to wrap the entire Las Vegas downtown area in light and sound. It has been perceived that the multi billion project , The Fremont Street Experience would be a milestone in the downtown Las Vegas which will attract many people and serve as a enter for celebrating festivals, holiday celebrations and live entertainment.
It is clear that how from a simple beginning in the downtown Las Vegas, the famous Fremont Street got into the forefront of the gambling industry. It also has the honor of being the city's first ever paved street in 1925, and also the first street to have a traffic light and it is the site of the first Downtown high-rise, the Fremont Hotel, built in 1956.
The Downtown Las Vegas has witnessed much development in the history of the city and is has carved a special place for itself.
