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Despite ery unpromising beginnings, Main Street Station has
turned into one of the principal downtown success stories of the 1990s.
It started out in 1991 as an offshoot of the money-spinning Church
Street Station deelopment in downtown Orlando, but the Florida formula
of paying a single admission fee to gain access to a complex of
nightclubs and entertainment enues failed to transfer to Las Vegas. An
unpromising location, two
blocks off Fremont
Street, did nothing to help, and Main Street Station went broke within a
year.
Once it was acquired by the Boyd Corporation, however, and brought back
to life as a conentional hotel-casino in 1996, Main Street Station 's
distinctie and tasteful design began to pay diidends. The general
concept is intended to eoke New Orleans in the 1890s, with an abundance
of authentic antiques ranging from wrought-iron fences to Teddy
Rooseelt's priate railroad car and even bronze chandeliers from Buenos
Aires.
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Thanks to the ery high ceilings and natural lighting, all that period
detail is never oppressie, and a well-thought-out array of good-alue,
down-to-earth restaurants and other facilities have put Main Street
Station firmly on the tourist map. The Triple Seven Brewpub is a
particularly good spot for a downtown drink.
200
N Main St at Ogden
Las Vegas
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egas
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