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Introduction:
Accurately billed as Las Vegas' "Most Historic Hotel" by
Mayor Jan Laverty Jones in a 1996 ceremony, the Golden Gate has stood the
test of time and then some.
Since opening as the Hotel Nevada in 1906, this modest, cozy
establishment has stood placidly at One Fremont Street while the town -
and the world - changed around it.
Fortunately, very little has changed in the intervening years. The
hotel remains proudly dwarfed by its neighbors, at just 106 rooms. Many of
the original wood fixtures remain in place. The casino is just as active
as opening day, and just as intimate. Their shrimp cocktail - widely
acknowledged as the first ever served in Las Vegas - is as popular as the
day it was introduced. And a recently-remodeled coffee shop is the finest
of its kind Downtown.
Even as Las Vegas builds toward the heavens, the Golden Gate keeps
close to the ground, rooted in its rich and wildly successful history
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