From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

Golden Nugget in its original appearance on Fremont Street.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

A view of the front of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. A banner advertising "Cooled by refrigeration always pleasant" is visible on the right-hand side of the building. The Nugget Saloon and a Shell gas station sign is visible in the background. The Golden Nugget opened in 1946, and is the first structure designed from the ground up to be a casino. Steve Wynn became the majority shareholder in 1973, and built the first tower in 1977. In 1984, the neon was removed from the building and the spa tower was built, along with the showroom. The third tower was opened in 1989. The hotel now has 2,419 rooms and suites. The casino's large hotel sign at its entrance off Fremont and Casino Center was removed in 1984 when the casino underwent renovations. The old sign presently sits at the YESCO (Young Electric Sign Company) sign yard.

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Postcard reads, "Night view of The Golden Nugget Las Vegas, Nevada"

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The Fifth National Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking was held at Caesars Tahoe Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada in October 1981.