FOUR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS ATTRACTIONS VISITORS WON’T WANT TO MISS

Drawing more than 17 million visitors a year, Fremont Street Experience may be downtown Las Vegas’ most popular attraction. But there’s so much more to the revitalized area than just the popular five-block entertainment district. In fact, just a five-minute walk from venues, the Smith Center for the Fremont Street Experience, visitors will Performing Arts (thesmithcenter.com). find one of Las Vegas’ coolest attractions, Part of the 61-acre urban develop- Downtown Container Park ment known as Symphony Park, the (downtowncontainerpark.com).Builtout world-class performing arts center of repurposed and locally manufactured boasts four performance spaces, containers, the unique open-air shopping including the 2,050-seat Reynolds center is home to approximately 35 Hall. Other venues include the 258- boutiques and restaurants, as well as a seat Cabaret Jazz club, the 240-seat playground and a massive praying mantis Troesh Studio Theater and the 1.7- sculpture that shoots fire every 10 to 15 acre Donald W. Reynolds Symphony minutes beginning at sundown. Park for outdoor concerts.

Downtown Las Vegas is also home to Though the renaissance downtown one of the city’s premier entertainment Las Vegas has been experiencing in recent years is exciting, two of its most notable attractions actually take a look at the city’s past. At the Mob Museum (themobmuseum.org) guests will learn about the mob’s impact on Las Vegas history and its imprint across America and the world through interactive exhibits, high-tech theater presentations and nearly 1,000 authentic artifacts.

The three-story museum also boasts a growing collection of items from movies and TV shows portraying organized crime, like the new “Breaking Bad” exhibit. Meanwhile, over at the Neon Museum (neonmuseum.org) guests can book a guided tour of its Boneyard to see more than 150 historic, non-restored signs, including such downtown treasures as the old Sassy Sally’s and Fitzgeralds signs.