Fremont Street Experience

The Fremont Street Experience ( FSE) is an attraction in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The FSE covered the five westernmost blocks of Fremont Street.

It is a dome- shaped dome, the highest point of 27 meters (90 feet) high and about 450 meters ( 1500 feet ) long. It was the first project of architect Jon Jerde, the various other projects designed on the Strip later. The underside of the dome forms an LED display panel, created by LG, will be presented at the in the dark shows. Before starting any of these shows, the lights are switched off at the adjacent casino. In addition, a cross- road, which crosses the FSE, locked. Furthermore, there are two stages where free concerts can be held.

History

The Fremont Street can look back on a long history. Here, for example, the first gaming license in Nevada in 1925 was awarded to the Northern Club. The Golden Nugget was the first hotel, which was designed from the outset as a casino.

The FSE was designed in the 1990s with the aim to attract more visitors to the downtown area. The FSE itself is a joint project of several casinos.

Construction began on 7 September 1994 and lasted until February 1995. It had to be a part of the cowboy hat of Vegas Vic, a famous landmark of Las Vegas, will be removed. The first demonstration was held with the Nevada Symphony Orchestra. The first show was on 31 December 1995. In June 2004, the original scoreboard was replaced by a new one that can display 16.7 million colors.

The technique

The " dome " reaches a maximum height of 27 meters (90 feet), and stretches over 450 meters (1500 feet) from. It will take each weighing about 11,800 kg ( 26,000 pounds ) supported by 16 pillars. At the dome 12.5 million LEDs are mounted. In addition, there are 220 ​​speakers that require a total output of 550,000 watts.