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Golden Nugget Hotel

Front row seat for Fremont sound and light show

• Located on exciting Fremont Street, the Golden Nugget is close to many Vegas attractions, including Wet & Wild, Neonopolis Mall, the Las Vegas Convention Center

• The Fremont Street Experience sound-and-light show right outside the Golden Nugget will dazzle guests every night.

• Enjoy the heated Olympic-size pool surrounded by tropical trees, white swan statues and bronze fish sculptures. The pool also has a roomy sundeck and eight-person spa.

Golden Nugget's Location: Downtown District Las Vegas

Hotel Amenities

Palm trees, white alabaster swan statues, bronze fish sculptures, and lush landscaping surround a large pool. Adjacent is a hot tub. Pool attendants happily provide guests with complimentary towels and lounge chairs as well as take drink orders. Private cabanas are available for daily rental and contain refrigerators.

What to expect: Dating back to 1946, the Golden Nugget was upgraded from its Wild West-saloon past beginning in 1972 when Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn took control. It earned luxury-class status in 1984 when Wynn shocked the establishment by removing the gaudy neon encircling the hotel. Today elegance prevails, as the hotel's white-and-brass facade gleams and guests enter a white-marble-floor lobby beneath recessed mirror ceilings and brass-and-glass chandeliers.

Amenity highlights: Surrounded by coconut palms and a spacious sundeck, a large, heated, year-round pool and an eight-person spa offers water pleasure. For-rent cabanas come with television, radio, and complimentary snacks. Entered through a courtyard featuring a vaulted skylight, pink-marble columns, gleaming brass accents, and gold mirrors, a full-service health-and-beauty spa provides rest and relaxation. Facilities include a fitness center, tanning rooms, saunas, steam rooms, Swedish showers, and 12-person spas.

Insider tip: Securing a terrace seat at the hotel's Starbucks is the best method of enjoying the Fremont Street Experience sound-and-light shows.

Dining at The The Golden Nugget

Stefano's - White linen and decorative arches along with singing waiters set the scene for traditional Northern Italian cuisine. Open for dinner.

Lillie Langtry's - Crisp linens and dramatic lighting featuring an East-meets-West menu of mesquite-broiled, prime-grade beef and Cantonese dishes. Open for dinner.

Zax - A global menu includes a sushi bar. Open for lunch and dinner.

Carson Street Café - Open 24 hours. Light dishes and full meals featuring Hawaiian specialties such as Kahlua pork.

The Buffet - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets, with champagne brunch buffet on Sundays.

Starbucks - Coffee drinks, pastries, and sandwiches served indoors or on a terrace along Fremont Street. Open 24 hours.

Zax - International menu includes sushi/sushi bar. Open for dinner only.

Room service is available 24 hours.

Entertainment at The Golden Nugget

Under a vault of two million light bulbs and employing a 550,000-watt sound system, a four-block pedestrians-only stretch of downtown Las Vegas called Fremont Street Experience presents periodic sound-and-light shows from dusk to midnight. Other day-and-night entertainment on the street includes live music, classic-car displays, and holiday festivals. Like nine other downtown casino hotels, the Golden Nugget opens directly onto Fremont Street, creating a lively flow of pedestrian traffic.

Lon Bronson brings his 12-member All-Star R&B, Rock & Soul Revue to the Golden Nugget’s 400-seat Theatre Ballroom. Lon Bronson’s All-Star Band will perform two shows weekly; Mondays at 10 PM and Saturdays at midnight. In addition to performing with legends such as Elton John, Gladys Knight, Gloria Estefan, and Wayne Newton, the All-Star Band has performed on national television, including a stint as the resident house band during the 1998-1999 season of “Viva Variety,” Comedy Central’s cult-hit variety show.

Acclaimed entertainer, "Downtown" Gordie Brown, brings his engaging comedy and mastery of impersonation to the Golden Nugget's Theatre Ballroom. Accompanied by his live band, Brown combines dozens of classic impressions with non-stop music and comedy. Having won the acclaim of critics and audiences alike, Brown has been called an untouchable force on the comedy circuit and has received numerous awards including "Entertainer of the Year," "Best Comedian" and "Best New Show." Performances are scheduled Friday through Tuesday at 7:30 PM; no shows on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Reserved tickets are priced at $55.

Rooms at the Golden Nugget
The Golden Nugget's three towers comprise over 1,900 elegantly decorated rooms, richly furnished and equipped with most modern amenities, not to mention full-size desks, armoires, and marble floors. All have been redesigned and refurbished in warm brown and beige tones. Each room has a spectacular view overlooking the pool terrace, downtown Las Vegas or the Sierra Nevada Mountains.