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Downtown Grand
Hotel and casino in Nevada, United States
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 acres (&#;ha) at 3rd Street and East Ogden Avenue, the Downtown Grand initially had two hotel towers: to the east, the story Casino Tower built in with rooms, and to the west, the story Grand Tower with rooms. The East Tower is connected to the ground level casino.[citation needed] The eight-story Gallery Tower was completed in , for a total of 1, 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 ()[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 , operated by Andy Tompkins, who would eventually become the founder of Lady Luck.[2]
Lady Luck (–)[edit]
- Former Honest John's reopens as Lady Luck. Casino building expanded in [3]
- Tower 1 (17 floors) opened in ; Tower 2 (24 floors) opened in [4]
- In the Lady Luck was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos.[5]
- On June, it was purchased by Steadfast AMX who turned two floors into timeshares.
- On May 13, it was purchased by the Henry Brent Company for $24 million.[6]
- On May 16, plans were announced for a major renovation and expansion of the property to begin early in
Closing and renovations (–13)[edit]
On February 11, 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, the casino was acquired by CIM Group for over $ million.[7]
In July 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 , 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 to begin a $ 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, , 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, , CIM made an agreement with city officials to have the renovations completed by December 31, There was the potential that the hotel/casino would reopen in , five years after its originally scheduled reopening in [11]
In October , plans were announced to rename the Lady Luck as the Downtown Grand.[citation needed] The property underwent a $ million renovation.[12] Construction of Downtown3rd on the former site of the Lady Luck began in the fall of The new Downtown Grand was scheduled to open in late ,[13] and the remainder of Downtown3rd was expected to be completed in late
Downtown Grand (–present)[edit]
Downtown Grand opened on October 27, [14] It is a boutique hotel and casino with 24,&#;sq&#;ft (2,&#;m2) of casino space,[15] newly remodeled hotel rooms, 9 bars & restaurants and a 35, square foot urban rooftop pool retreat called Citrus.[16]
In January , construction began on a room hotel tower.[17] The eight-story[1] tower, located on the east side of the Downtown Grand property, was topped off in February [18] The addition, known as the Gallery Tower, opened on September 22, , bringing the total room count to 1, It includes various augmented reality art pieces.[19][20][21]
References[edit]
- ^ ab"CIM Group Completes Gallery Tower". Business Wire. September 15, Retrieved September 23,
- ^"Honest John's Casino, Ogden at 3rd, Las Vegas, c. ". Jun 4, Retrieved Nov 9,
- ^"Lady Luck Casino, North 3rd & Ogden, Las Vegas, c. ". Oct 5, Retrieved Nov 9,
- ^"Fremont Street". Retrieved Nov 9,
- ^UNLV. "Isle of Capri Company Profile". Archived from the original on July 13, Retrieved December 1,
- ^UNLV (September 9, ). "CEO's NFL Ties Would Affect Wagers". Retrieved Dec 10,
- ^"City mulls downtown land sale at cut rate". Las Vegas Sun. July 2,
- ^Spillman, Benjamin (July 3, ). "Land-value raise may lift Lady Luck". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 9,
- ^Spillman, Benjamin (July 5, ). "Mayor calls Lady Luck casino 'carcass'". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on July 8,
- ^"Demolition begins at downtown's Lady Luck". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 23, Archived from the original on July 25,
- ^"Downtown hopes for upturn, New casino owners bring money, optimism to help area rebound". Las Vegas Business Press. March 30, Retrieved December 1, &#; via NewsLibrary.
- ^Sieroty, Chris (May 20, ). "Las Vegas' Downtown Grand to hire ". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 1,
- ^Vincent, Roger (). "Makeover of Lady Luck casino in downtown Las Vegas completed". Los Angeles Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
- ^Chris Sieroty (October 27, ). "Downtown Las Vegas' newest resort opens". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved
- ^"Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage ( data)". Nevada Gaming Control Board. March 6, p.&#;4. Archived from the original on December 25, Retrieved December 1,
- ^"Las Vegas Rooftop Pool & Pool Deck: Downtown Grand Hotel". Downtown Grand. Retrieved
- ^Prince, Todd (January 7, ). "Downtown Grand to build new hotel tower in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 8,
- ^Schulz, Bailey (February 19, ). "Downtown Grand tops off third hotel tower". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 19,
- ^Bracelin, Jason (August 31, ). "Downtown Grand announces artists, artwork for new Gallery Tower". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved September 23,
- ^"Downtown Grand opens new hotel tower". KVVU. September 22, Retrieved September 23,
- ^"Downtown Grand to open Gallery Tower with augmented reality rooms Tuesday". KTNV. September 22, Retrieved September 23,
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