The Golden Nugget currently boasts 1,915 rooms and suites in three towers according to its Website. ![]() ![]() Later, I noticed the video poker machines on the bar tops accept the free play, too. I settled into a machine and promptly gave them back their $5. I went around the gaming floor twice and found just 2 banks of slots with the stickers. To use the free play, I had to hunt down machines in the casino with a special sticker on them. ![]() If I were luckier, I might have secured the $10, $20 or $100 amount. I've never been lucky with those kind of things, so it didn't surprise me when my spin resulted in the lowest free play amount: $5.00. One of the coupons was for a chance to “spin and win” some free play when I opened my new player club membership. When I checked in to the hotel, I was given a coupon book. I had to wait in line about 15 minutes to apply for and get my card. Player's ClubĢ4 Karat is Golden Nugget's player club. They provide daily poker lessons at 10:00 am, and they have 5 daily poker tournaments with a $65 dollar buy in and one optional $40 re-buy. Newly opened, the poker room at The Golden Nugget offers 10 non-smoking tables. I noticed some non-smoking tables scattered throughout the casino. Table games at the Nugget include blackjack, craps, roulette, pai gow poker, Three-card Poker, Let it Ride, Super Fun 21 and Texas Hold'em. The property boasts 38,000 square feet of gaming space and has more than 1,200 slots and video poker machines. During my visit in early July 2009, there was quite a bit of construction going on. In December 2009, the Golden Nugget plans to open a new tower of hotel rooms as well as more gaming space and restaurants. It's opulence stops just short of tackiness. It's got a more classic, “Old Vegas” feel than the strip properties, but it is elegant and upscale rather than being tawdry and cheap. Located directly on The Fremont Street Experience, Golden Nugget is in the center of the downtown action. In 2005, the sale of the property to Landry's Restaurants, Inc., the current owners, was complete. In 2004, Wynn sold the Golden Nugget to Poster Financial Group. He created Golden Nugget Companies, which eventually became Mirage Resorts. Steve Wynn became the Nugget's majority shareholder in 1973, beginning his rise as a major player in the Vegas casino/resort industry. In the 1970's, a hotel tower was added, and over the years, it has gone through a couple of renovations and a few different owners. ![]() Located on Fremont St.Owned and operated by Landry's Restaurants, Inc., the Golden Nugget is the largest and probably most desirable casino/hotel in downtown Las Vegas.20 minutes from McCarran International Airport.(within walking distance to other Hotels on the strip) And the dazzling light show of the Fremont Street Experience is mere steps away. The 36,000-square-foot casino accommodates every kind of gambler, from the neophyte to the seasoned high roller. The dining here is some of the most celebrated in town, including the gourmet delicacies of Lillie Langtrys and a Buffet that draws people by the thousands. The pool terrace is decorated with ornate bronze and marble sculptures of fish and swans. Everything from the 1,907 luxury rooms to the hotels gold-leaf facade is rich with Victorian refinement. The rest of the Nugget rivals the gold piece in sheer elegance. Through all that time, it has stood as proud and priceless as the Hand Of Faith, the 61-pound gold nugget displayed inside the casino. It has seen Fremont turn from a barely paved road to one of the most photographed thoroughfares in the world and finally to its newest incarnation, the Fremont Street Experience pedestrian mall. The Golden Nugget Las Vegas has been the treasure of Fremont Street for more than 50 years.
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