Downtown Grand
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Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Address | 206 N 3rd Street |
Opening date | 1964 |
No. of rooms | 1,124 |
Total gaming space | 24,085 sq ft (2,237.6 m2) |
Notable restaurants | Freedom Beat Triple George Grill Sidebar Hogs and Heifers Saloon |
Casino type | Land-based |
Owner | CIM Group |
Operating license holder | Fifth Street Gaming |
Previous names | Lady Luck |
Renovated in | 1985, 2006–13, 2019–20 |
Website | downtowngrand |
The Downtown Grand, formerly the Lady Luck, is a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, owned by CIM Group and operated by Fifth Street Gaming. The Downtown Grand is the centerpiece of Downtown3rd, a new neighborhood and entertainment district in downtown Las Vegas.
Facility
[edit]Set on 6.27 acres (2.54 ha) at 3rd Street and East Ogden Avenue, the Downtown Grand initially had two hotel towers: to the east, the 18-story Casino Tower built in 1985 with 295 rooms, and to the west, the 25-story Grand Tower with 334 rooms. The East Tower is connected to the ground level casino.[citation needed] The eight-story Gallery Tower was completed in 2020, for a total of 1,124 rooms.[1] The property is served by a four-level parking garage and features several restaurants and entertainment venues along 3rd Street. These establishments include Freedom Beat, Triple George Grill, Sidebar, and Hogs and Heifers Saloon.
History
[edit]Honest John's (1961-1968)
[edit]- The original business was a news stand and barber shop located in Ogden Square Shopping Center. Honest John's became a full-time casino in 1964, operated by Andy Tompkins, who would eventually become the founder of Lady Luck.[2]
Lady Luck (1968–2006)
[edit]- 1968: Former Honest John's reopens as Lady Luck. Casino building expanded in 1979.[3]
- Tower 1 (17 floors) opened in 1986; Tower 2 (24 floors) opened in 1989. [4]
- In 2000 the Lady Luck was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos.[5]
- On June, 2002 it was purchased by Steadfast AMX who turned two floors into timeshares.
- On May 13, 2005 it was purchased by the Henry Brent Company for $24 million.[6]
- On May 16, 2005 plans were announced for a major renovation and expansion of the property to begin early in 2006.
Closing and renovations (2006–13)
[edit]On February 11, 2006 the hotel and casino, but not the timeshares, closed for remodeling; the property was expected to be closed for nine to twelve months but financing collapsed.
On June 12, 2007 the casino was acquired by CIM Group for over $100 million.[7]
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In July 2008 the city was investigating rezoning the nearby land containing the transit center to unrestricted gaming. With the transit center relocated, the land would be available for development.[citation needed] Mayor Oscar Goodman applauded the attempt to re-invigorate the plans to renovate the Lady Luck: "For the past several years I have seen a rotting corpse. The Lady Luck structure has been a blight."[8]
As of July 2009, Goodman once again said in a council meeting that "The Lady Luck is a disaster," and then called the skeletal structure a "carcass". Las Vegas city leaders wanted CIM to raze the unfinished structure at Fourth Street and Stewart Avenue and do a better job of keeping sidewalks and landscaping clean near the site. CIM had until late December 2009 to begin a $100 million renovation of the Lady Luck; otherwise, it would potentially lose an offer from the city which would hand over land around the proposed nearby Mob Museum.[9]
On July 23, 2009, some demolition work started on a 4-story concrete building adjacent to the main resort. This work was completed in accordance with the city's request for CIM to raze the condemned structure.[10]
On March 15, 2010, CIM made an agreement with city officials to have the renovations completed by December 31, 2011. There was the potential that the hotel/casino would reopen in 2012, five years after its originally scheduled reopening in 2007.[11]
In October 2011, plans were announced to rename the Lady Luck as the Downtown Grand.[citation needed] The property underwent a $100 million renovation.[12] Construction of Downtown3rd on the former site of the Lady Luck began in the fall of 2011. The new Downtown Grand was scheduled to open in late 2013,[13] and the remainder of Downtown3rd was expected to be completed in late 2014.
Downtown Grand (2013–present)
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Downtown Grand opened on October 27, 2013.[14] It is a boutique hotel and casino with 24,085 sq ft (2,237.6 m2) of casino space,[15] 629 newly remodeled hotel rooms, 9 bars & restaurants and a 35,000 square foot urban rooftop pool retreat called Citrus.[16]
In January 2019, construction began on a 495-room hotel tower.[17] The eight-story[1] tower, located on the east side of the Downtown Grand property, was topped off in February 2020.[18] The addition, known as the Gallery Tower, opened on September 22, 2020, bringing the total room count to 1,124. It includes various augmented reality art pieces.[19][20][21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CIM Group Completes Gallery Tower". Business Wire. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Honest John's Casino, 304 Ogden at 3rd, Las Vegas, c. 1964". Jun 4, 2015. Retrieved Nov 9, 2022.
- ^ "Lady Luck Casino, North 3rd & Ogden, Las Vegas, c. 1979". Oct 5, 2018. Retrieved Nov 9, 2022.
- ^ "Fremont Street". Retrieved Nov 9, 2022.
- ^ UNLV. "Isle of Capri Company Profile". Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ UNLV (September 9, 2005). "CEO's NFL Ties Would Affect Wagers". Retrieved Dec 10, 2008.
- ^ "City mulls downtown land sale at cut rate". Las Vegas Sun. July 2, 2008.
- ^ Spillman, Benjamin (July 3, 2008). "Land-value raise may lift Lady Luck". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008.
- ^ Spillman, Benjamin (July 5, 2009). "Mayor calls Lady Luck casino 'carcass'". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Demolition begins at downtown's Lady Luck". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 23, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Downtown hopes for upturn, New casino owners bring money, optimism to help area rebound". Las Vegas Business Press. March 30, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2018 – via NewsLibrary.
- ^ Sieroty, Chris (May 20, 2013). "Las Vegas' Downtown Grand to hire 800". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ Vincent, Roger (2013-11-12). "Makeover of Lady Luck casino in downtown Las Vegas completed". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ Chris Sieroty (October 27, 2013). "Downtown Las Vegas' newest resort opens". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage (2017 data)". Nevada Gaming Control Board. March 6, 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Las Vegas Rooftop Pool & Pool Deck: Downtown Grand Hotel". Downtown Grand. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ Prince, Todd (January 7, 2019). "Downtown Grand to build new hotel tower in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ Schulz, Bailey (February 19, 2020). "Downtown Grand tops off third hotel tower". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Bracelin, Jason (August 31, 2020). "Downtown Grand announces artists, artwork for new Gallery Tower". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Downtown Grand opens new hotel tower". KVVU. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Downtown Grand to open Gallery Tower with augmented reality rooms Tuesday". KTNV. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
External links
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