Five blocks of Fremont street became a pedestrian mall in the early 1990s and by 1995, a roof covered the five blocks. In 2004 or so, LED lights replaced the previous display and have been upgraded with better LED lights since then.
There were street performers about every block, various other entertainment and a sound system that played music from giant speakers placed about every half block or so.
I took a ride on what was called the Slotzilla. I went on the line that is about 80' above ground level and goes about 3 blocks (another is at about 110' above ground level and goes 5 blocks but the line to get on was longer). This is basically just a zipline that goes under the electric ceiling and above the street traffic. It took about 30 minute to prepare for the ride and the ride lasted less than 30 seconds or so. This youtube website captures the ride during the daytime. Its better at night but harder to film.
The music played is loud but interesting. When we first got there it was during about a 25 minute acid rock sequence e.g. Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf) and Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix). When I finished my zip, the music was Sweet Home Alabama and when I left the area they were doing Van Halen's 'Jump'.
However, at the Fremont Street experience, there were some ladies on the bar dancing like Piper Perabo in the movie Coyote Ugly during the song - well that's Vegas for you.
It was too dark for my camera to work well. All the images are from the internet.
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