Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Golden Nugget Las Vegas is Downtown Las Vegas highest-history and luxury casino resort, with gaming floor including blackjack, baccarat, craps, roulette and poker tables, sports betting at the Race and Sports Book, the largest Downtown casino with more than 1,000 slot machines, The Tank pool with a three-story slide passing through a shark aquarium as one of the world most original pool concepts, more than 2,400 rooms and suites, and prime dining restaurants. It operates 24 hours under NGCB license. Golden Nugget is the oldest operating casino hotel in Las Vegas: it was founded in 1946, the same year as Bugsy Siegel Flamingo, and for decades was the largest and most luxurious casino in Downtown Las Vegas. It houses the Hand of Faith, the world largest natural gold nugget at 27 kilos, found in Australia in 1980 and permanently displayed in the casino lobby.

Fremont Street and Downtown Las Vegas: where it all began

Fremont Street is where Las Vegas was born as a casino city: the city first casino, the Northern Club, opened on Fremont Street in 1931 when Nevada legalized gambling. During the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Fremont Street was the heart of Las Vegas: Benny Binion Horseshoe, the Mint and the Golden Nugget were the destinations for serious players while the Strip was still developing. The Fremont Street Experience, the 460-meter pedestrian canopy with a 12.5 million pixel LED screen opened in 1995, was Downtown answer to the Strip rise and turned Fremont Street into a nightlife entertainment tourist destination with free light and sound shows. Golden Nugget, owned by Tilman Fertitta, remains the Downtown quality standard in the 21st century.

Las Vegas oldest operating casino hotel with the world largest gold nugget

Golden Nugget is the Downtown Las Vegas reference casino resort since 1946, with the Hand of Faith nugget, The Tank pool with sharks and the largest Fremont Street casino. It operates 24 hours under NGCB license, minimum age 21.