<P> Fremont Street had Las Vegas' first hotel (the Hotel Nevada in 1906, present day Golden Gate), first telephone (1907), first paved street (1925), first Nevada gaming license--issued to the Northern Club at 15 E. Fremont St, first traffic light, first elevator (the Apache Hotel in 1932), and the first high - rise (the Fremont Hotel in 1956). The Horseshoe was the first casino to install carpeting, while the Golden Nugget was the first structure designed from the ground up to be a casino . </P> <P> For many years, the western end of Fremont Street was the area most commonly portrayed whenever producers wanted to display the lights of Las Vegas . The large number of neon signs earned the area the nickname "Glitter Gulch ." </P> <P> By 1992 80% of the Las Vegas casino market, however, was on the Strip . Downtown Las Vegas hotels and casinos sought to build an attraction that would lure more visitors to their businesses . After Paramount Pictures head Stanley Jaffe refused to approve a proposal to build a life - sized Starship Enterprise, the Fremont Street Experience was chosen as the project . FSE, LLC is a cooperative venture, owned and operated by a group of downtown hotel / casino companies (comprising eight hotel / casinos) as a separate corporation, responsible for financing, developing, and managing the Fremont Street Experience . </P> <P> It was the second Las Vegas project of architect Jon Jerde, whose firm was paid approximately $900,000 by the City of Las Vegas to create a show concept for the downtown area . Jerde's design included a floating sky parade which was to be suspended from the canopy . The concept was accepted by the Fremont Street Experience as well as the City of Las Vegas . Ultimately Jon Jerde's sky parade concept was scrapped, but the architectural design for the canopy was carried through . </P>

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