Opened by Benny Binion as Binion's Horseshoe in 1951, this Fremont Street relic competes with the Flamingo and Caesars Palace for the title of the most iconic hotel-casino in...

When its owners boast about the 'new El Cortez', don't get nervous. Yes, they've pumped $20 million into the old place, replacing smoke-saturated carpeting, widening the casino...

Luck might be a lady elsewhere in Vegas, but here she's a giant leprechaun, mounted on the roof and spilling a pot o' gold. The Irish theme aside, this is standard Downtown...

Fresh off a 40th anniversary, the Four Queens are still ladies in waiting; specifically, waiting for a genuine Fremont resurgence. But for visitors who like their gambling...

Most of the original charm has disappeared from the Fremont after a half-century, and a tropical island motif has moved in - along with a large Hawaiian clientele. The famous...

Being the oldest and smallest of anything aren't normally qualities about which a Vegas property brags, but the Golden Gate manages to pull it off. Having celebrated its 100th...

After two years in the hands of young duo Tim Poster and Tom Breitling, the venerable Nugget was taken over in 2005 by Landry's Restaurants. Many Downtown observers feared that...

Main Street Station is the nicest Downtown casino not called the Golden Nugget. Themed as a fin-de-siècle delight (check out the gaslamps that front the property), the casino...

This iconic Downtown property opened as Jackie Gaughan's Plaza, but Jackie is long Gaughan (he now owns El Cortez) and the Plaza is currently owned by the Tamares Group (which...

The lack of youth hostels in Vegas is easily explained by the fact that you can get a room in a Downtown casino for $30 or so. Still, despite its location in the Naked City,...

The future of this 410-room old stager on Fremont Street is uncertain after a pair of ownership changes in the last few years. Rumours have suggested that the Tamares Group,...