{"id":69530,"date":"2018-02-09T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=69530"},"modified":"2018-02-12T07:41:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:41:43","slug":"fremont-street-multimedia-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fremont-street-multimedia-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas to Experience Interactive Multimedia Revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas is getting a revamp. On Wednesday, Las Vegas City Council agreed a grant of $9.5 million for \u201cfloor to ceiling\u201d renovations which will include a large-scale update to the video canopy attraction.<\/p>\n

\"Fremont
How many Las Vegans does it take to change a lightbulb? The 12.5 million LED lights that make up the Fremont Street Experience\u2019s video canopy have not been refurbished in 14 years. (Image: Fremont Street)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 1,500-foot long, 90-foot wide canopy, suspended 90 feet above the pedestrian thoroughfare, has not been renovated in 14 years. Patrick Hughes, president and CEO of the Fremont Street Experience, told council officials that the plan is to increase the density of the pixels in the LED lights, making them brighter, so that the video display will be able to run 24-7, not just at night. It\u2019s a big job \u2013 there are 12.5 million of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to keep the lights on, we need to stay ahead,\u201d said Hughes.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Fremont Street Experience revamp will also offer ramped up public interaction via a smart phone app, called \u201cThe Key.\u201d This will allow people to post personal messages that will be displayed on the video above their heads (after being screened by Fremont Street Experience staff for inevitable obscenities, naturally).<\/p>\n

Attraction Interaction <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Visitors will also be able to vote on what music they want played, said Hughes. Meanwhile, anyone who has the app will be able to tune in from wherever they are in the world to view what\u2019s playing on the canopy. It\u2019s a feature that will \u201ccreate a connection and keep people coming back,\u201d Hughes believes.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re looking to take what is now one-dimensional and create a new, floor-to-ceiling, interactive experience that will separate us from the rest of the world,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt really is unique,\u201d agreed Mayor Caroline Goodman, \u201ca one-of-a-kind in the world \u2013 and we\u2019re so excited, and it brings people downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downtown Upturn<\/h2>\n

Fremont Street \u2013 and downtown in general \u2013 has been reborn in recent times. For many years it was the Strip\u2019s shabby, screwball older brother who had fallen on hard times, but investment in entertainment and non-gaming amenities have transformed the area.<\/p>\n

A big new hit is the Fear the Walking Dead Survival<\/a> experience, which opened in the summer. Based on the eponymous TV show, it transports teams of volunteers into a\u00a0community college during a post-zombie apocalypse. The experience uses motion rides and video-gaming elements, but the zombies are played by real-life jobbing actors, making for a thoroughly hair-raising experience.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, D Casino\u2019s Derek Stevens has been tearing up a small corner of Fremont Street in preparation for a new casino project. Details are thin on the ground, but Stevens has promised a resort with \u201csome of the more modern amenities that we don\u2019t have downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he promises he’s not going to tamper with the \u2018old Vegas\u2019 vibe too radically.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll still respect the fact that this is downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street,\u201d he told the Review-Journal<\/em> recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas is getting a revamp. On Wednesday, Las Vegas City Council agreed a grant of $9.5 million for \u201cfloor to ceiling\u201d renovations which will include a large-scale update to the video canopy attraction. The 1,500-foot long, 90-foot wide canopy, suspended 90 feet above the pedestrian thoroughfare, has not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":69613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3313,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFremont Street Experience Revamp Will Offer Interactive Dimensions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Fremont Street Experience revamp will include renovations of the ceiling video canopy that will make it available during the day as well at night. 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