Fremont Street
Downton Las Vegas

In September, 2005, Buddy Rose unveiled a new caricature stand, a state-of-the-art affair with a TV monitor, lots of 'bells and whistles'.

Our live operation is centered at the famous (if not infamous) Fremont Street Experience, the last remnant of 'Vintage' Las Vegas, far from the much glitzier 'Strip'. Created as a last-ditch effort by the few surviving old-time city casinos (The Fremont, Golden Nugget, Golden Gate, Horseshoe, etc.) to compete with the bigger 'Strip' mega-casinos, millions were spent paving over streets and building a four-block canopy overhead, where a 1.5 million light, 500,000-watt light-and-sound extravaganza was presented for free, every night, on the hour, from dusk until midnight.