Fremont Street Experience
Fremont Street Experience, located Downtown, is one of the more entertaining, yet lesser known things to do in Vegas for kids. Every trip to Vegas deserves a stop to FSE to watch the world's tallest and biggest lightshow. Imagine a spectacular computer generated Light and Sound show projected from a space frame 90 feet above you. The Fremont Street Experience is a four-block long canopy that covers the downtown Las Vegas area and serves as a display system for the shows. The canopy houses 2.1 million lights, capable of producing millions of color and concert-quality sound. FSE is also home to the SlotZilla Zip Line, a 12-story, slot machine inspired zip line.
Light Show Downtown Vegas
Since opening in December 1995, the much-anticipated Fremont Street Experience has "turned up the wattage" in downtown Las Vegas every night with spectacular computer generated Light and Sound shows. The components of the Fremont Street Experience Light and Sound show constitute a modern technological and engineering marvel, the only one of its kind found anywhere in the world. The space frame towers 90 feet above a four-block section of Fremont Street and serves as a display system for the shows. The canopy houses 2.1 million lights, capable of producing millions of color combinations and 540,000 watts of concert-quality sound.
The shows are run by 36 computers and are accompanied by 218 speakers. In addition, the canopy houses 180 computer-programmed high-intensity strobe lights, 64 variable color lighting fixtures, and eight robotics mirrors per block that pan and tilt to reflect light, all of which aid in the miraculous display of each six minute Light and Sound show presentation.
Things to do at Fremont Street Experience
There are plenty of things to do at Fremont Street Experience beyond the light show:
Slotzilla Zipline
If you?re looking for a family-friendly Vegas experience you can only do in Sin City, SlotZilla is your answer. SlotZilla is an 11-story slot machine-inspired zipline attraction and is one of the best things to do in Las Vegas. You and your friends get an exclusive view of downtown Las Vegas while soaring high above the Fremont Street Experience crowds.
The multi-million-dollar SlotZilla is the world?s largest slot machine and features Las Vegas icons such as oversized dice, a martini glass, a pink flamingo, coins, video reels, a giant arm, and two showgirls. While there are many ziplines throughout the world, SlotZilla is the only zipline tour of downtown Las Vegas.
Free Live Music
Fremont Street Experience is a great place to enjoy free, live music. With three stages and a rotating schedule of concerts every night, you won't get bored here! Check out the latest concerts here
Neon Museum
Take a stroll through Las Vegas history at this outdoor museum dedicated to saving and preserving vintage neon signs. The Neon Museum hosts guided tours through the Neon Boneyard, an incredible collection of retired neon signs, many of them from gone-but-not-forgotten downtown casinos.
Mob Museum
The Mob Museum, officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is simply the best museum in the world. The stories, the artifacts, the interactive exhibits. Downtown?s Mob Museum a downtown Vegas must-do.
Shark Tank at Golden Nugget
The Golden Nugget?s $30 million pool is an absolute stunner, not to mention an incredible feat of engineering. The Tank features a 200,000 gallon shark tank visitors can experience at a distance or up close by riding the pool?s three story water slide.
Fremont East Entertainment District
Downtown?s vibrant restaurant and bar scene make Fremont East a great way to spend an evening on the town in Las Vegas. Some best bets for restaurants are La Comida and Le Thai, and no visit to Fremont East would be complete without a stop at Commonwealth, Therapy restaurant, Flippin? Good Burgers & Shakes or Downtown Cocktail Room.
Banger Brewing Tour
Launched by five childhood friends, Banger Brewing is a homegrown micro-brewery right on Fremont Street, near the base of the SlotZilla zip line tower. Tours are a must-try for lovers of craft beer, and even those who aren?t (yet). Check the official Banger Brewing site for tour times.