Fremont Hotel and Casino
- Fremont Hotel and Casino
The Fremont Hotel & Casino is a
hotel andcasino located in downtown Las Vegas,Nevada on theFremont Street Experience . It is one of the casinos owned byBoyd Gaming Corporation . The hotel provides 447 rooms and the casino offers 32,000ft² of space.History
The Fremont hotel was designed by architect
Wayne McAllister and opened onMay 18 ,1956 as the tallest building in the state ofNevada .Wayne Newton made his start in Las Vegas at the Fremont.In the 1970s, the casino was owned by Argent. [cite news |first=Corey |last= Levitan |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= TOP 10 SCANDALS: GRITTY CITY |url= http://www.lvrj.com/living/16160347.html |work=
Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher= |date= 2008-03-02 |accessdate=2008-03-03 ]Film history
Many scenes from the
Jon Favreau andVince Vaughn movie "Swingers" were filmed inside the Fremont, including their games of blackjack, and breakfast in the casino's Paradise Buffet. The casino also appears periodically in the1992 Disney film, "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ".References
External links
* [http://www.fremontcasino.com/ Fremont Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Nevada]
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