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| - This entry seems to be for both the light show and the Fremont Street Experience drag, so I guess I'll address both.
The light show is very cool and worth seeing at least once. It lasts between 10-15 minutes and plays on the hour, and there is more than just one. One of the shows had a bunch of hotties in swimsuits and other outfits just being hot. This was definitely G, PG or PG-13 depending on your upbringing, so nothing wrong with taking the family. The other show was kind of a conspiracy theory alien thing, playing off the Area 51 history. Both were very cool.
Now for Fremont Street in general. Lots of cheap buffets, cheap drinks, better odds at the casinos, fried Twinkies and Oreos. I would say this area is just as safe, if not safer, than the Strip. There are police and security guards everywhere. There is public drinking, but it does not have the same frat house vibe as on the Strip. You don't have the Mexicans handing out the cards for all the hookers. That gets old really fast. It is a very clean area, unlike parts of the Strip that resemble landfills with all the garbage on the side of the road.
There is no shopping malls or shows, so this area really is just to gamble, eat and drink. If you want to see bright lights, go here. All the glitz of the Strip, but concentrated on one small street that can be walked in 15 minutes. There's an open-air neon museum as well. Basically, any old signs that were left over from casinos that have been torn down end up here. They each have a plaque explaining where they came from.
I really loved staying in downtown Vegas and hope to stay there again soon.
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