Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
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TinmanUT
N 36° 10.258 W 115° 08.783
11S E 666709 N 4004503
Quick Description: The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is located at One Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. A part of the Fremont Street Experience, it is the oldest and smallest hotel (106 rooms) on the Fremont Street Experience.
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 7/9/2009 5:15:49 AM
Waymark Code: WM6QKY
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Long Description:It opened in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada. In 1907 it was assigned Las
Vegas' first telephone with the number 1. In 1931, with gambling
being re-legalized in Nevada, the Hotel Nevada was expanded and
renamed Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards.)
The hotel gained its current name in 1955 when a group of
Italian-Americans from San Francisco Bay Area started the Golden
Gate Casino. The 106-room, four-story hotel was renovated in
2005.
The Golden Gate was the first to serve a fifty cent shrimp
cocktail in 1959, now a Las Vegas cliché. Called the "Original
Shrimp Cocktail" on the menu, has become a mainstay of the San
Francisco Shrimp Bar and Deli and is a favorite of both locals and
tourists. It is what the Golden Gate is best known for.
Visit Instructions:Listings should have -
- Slot machines as well as gaming tables.
- Entertainment other than gambling should be identified within
each Waymark.
This category is not intended to include places where there is
an accumulation of slot machines (as occurs in gas stations and
grocery stores across Nevada).