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Hotel Overview

Marble and mirrors: elegant lady on Fremont Street One of Las Vegas' most storied names, the Golden Nugget occupies a central-downtown location on lively Fremont Street. One-bedroom suites feature two bathrooms. All accommodations include semi-canopy beds, plush fabrics, and lots of marble. # Using 550,000 watts of sound and two million light bulbs, Fremont Street Experience dazzles nightly right outside the hotel.

Location

Las Vegas blvd, The Strip

Property amenities

Palm trees, white alabaster swan statues, bronze fish sculptures, and lush landscaping surround a large pool. Adjacent is a hot tub. Pool attendants happily provide guests with complimentary towels and lounge chairs as well as take drink orders. Private cabanas are available for daily rental and contain refrigerators.

What to expect: Dating back to 1946, the Golden Nugget was upgraded from its Wild West-saloon past beginning in 1972 when Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn took control. It earned luxury-class status in 1984 when Wynn shocked the establishment by removing the gaudy neon encircling the hotel. Today elegance prevails, as the hotel's white-and-brass facade gleams and guests enter a white-marble-floor lobby beneath recessed mirror ceilings and brass-and-glass chandeliers.

Amenity highlights: Surrounded by coconut palms and a spacious sundeck, a large, heated, year-round pool and an eight-person spa offers water pleasure. For-rent cabanas come with television, radio, and complimentary snacks. Entered through a courtyard featuring a vaulted skylight, pink-marble columns, gleaming brass accents, and gold mirrors, a full-service health-and-beauty spa provides rest and relaxation. Facilities include a fitness center, tanning rooms, saunas, steam rooms, Swedish showers, and 12-person spas.

Insider tip: Securing a terrace seat at the hotel's Starbucks is the best method of enjoying the Fremont Street Experience sound-and-light shows.

Dining

Stefano's - White linen and decorative arches along with singing waiters set the scene for traditional Italian cuisine. Open for dinner.

Lillie Langtry's - Peach linen and dramatic lighting featuring an East-meets-West menu of mesquite-broiled, prime-grade beef and Cantonese dishes. Open for dinner.

Zax - A global menu includes a sushi bar. Open for lunch and dinner.

Carson Street Cafè - Open 24 hours. Light dishes and full meals featuring Hawaiian specialties such as Kahlua pork.

The Buffet - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets, with champagne brunch buffet on Sundays.

Starbucks - Coffee drinks, pastries, and sandwiches served indoors or on a terrace along Fremont Street.

Entertainment

Under a vault of two million light bulbs and employing a 550,000-watt sound system, a four-block pedestrians-only stretch of downtown Las Vegas called Fremont Street Experience presents periodic sound-and-light shows from dusk to midnight. Other day-and-night entertainment on the street includes live music, classic-car displays, and holiday festivals. Like nine other downtown casino hotels, the Golden Nugget opens directly onto Fremont Street, creating a lively flow of pedestrian traffic.

The Theatre Ballroom presents entertainment such as Spirit of the Dance, an Irish, flamenco, tap, and salsa show. In The Lounge, bands play pop, swing, and R&B.

Soft lighting, ornate canopies, and brass chandeliers harkening back to the original Golden Nugget's "gambling hall" distinguish the Casino, which supplies 36,000 square feet of slots, video poker, video keno, blackjack, craps, roulette, pai gow, Caribbean poker, and keno.

Recreation

Rooms

All 1,097 rooms offer spectacular views of downtown Las Vegas, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, or the pool terrace. Rooms are decorated in warm beige and brown tones. The high employee-to-guest ratio allows the hotel to feature top service, available day or night, including valet parking and same-day laundry.

Deluxe Room (2 night minimum)
One king or two queen beds, 400 square feet. Custom bath amenities.

Deluxe Room (2 night minimum) - 2 Spirit of the Dance Tickets
One king or two queen beds, 400 square feet. Custom bath amenities.

One-bedroom suite
Located on the higher floors of the hotel. Individually custom designed, 1,000 square feet of living space. One king bed. Separate master bedroom and bathroom, large jetted tub, and custom bath amenities.