Plans have been unveiled for a new 777 casino-resort, tentatively known as 18 Fremont, on the former site of the Las Vegas Club in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The new casino will be constructed from the remains of the old club on Fremont Street.
In 2015, Derek Stevens, owner of The D and Golden Gate casinos in downtown Las Vegas, bought the Las Vegas Club casino. He also acquired the Glitter Gulch, Mermaids, and other businesses on the street. Since then, over the past two years, he has razed all the properties between Main Street and 1st Street on Fremont Street. The active construction site is presently nothing more than a dirt lot.
Now that all demolition work is completed, the construction phase can commence for the new casino-resort set to fill the Fremont Street Experience frontage. Stevens recently submitted the plans for this new property to Las Vegas city officials. As soon as they are approved, construction will start.
Rumors suggest that construction is set to start this summer and will take about two years. If everything goes as planned, the new casino-resort might be ready for operations around the end of 2020.
Plans for the property currently known as 18 Fremont
Proposals are underway for a 459-feet tall hotel tower, comprising 777 rooms. Due to its significant height, the construction requires FAA approval. Aside from the visitors of the Fremont Street Experience, others will also have easy access to the upcoming casino-resort, thanks to a spacious porte-cochere and valet area on Main Street. The plan also includes a 143-feet high parking garage, located across the street from the casino, sandwiched between Main Street Station and the Plaza. This garage will provide 1,488 parking spaces.
A distinctive blueprint for the new hotel includes a connector bridge to link the parking garage across the street directly to the second-level casino. The D is the only other multi-level casino in downtown Las Vegas, which happens to be owned by Derek Stevens, just like the new property.
Plans for the new casino propose a 117,740 square-foot gaming area spread across at least two levels, which, if approved, would make it the largest gaming floor in downtown Las Vegas. Although the new casino floors are projected to be massive, it currently does not seem like the proposed pool deck will have a gaming space.
The new casino will lack a specific nightclub. Nevertheless, Stevens proposed the utilization of over 600,000 square feet of the casino and parking garage space for nightclub purposes. This essentially means that the casino will have music and drinks available in over half of the combined space of the two structures.
Plans for the property also include a sportsbook, a variety of dining options, a spa of some sort, conference rooms, a ballroom, and a rooftop bar and lounge.
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