The oldest hotel in Las Vegas hit a rare milestone this week, as the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, which opened on Jan. 13, 1906, as the Hotel Nevada, celebrated its 120th anniversary.
Friday evening’s anniversary party in downtown Las Vegas will include giveaways, complimentary birthday shots and commemorative merchandise, all in celebration of Golden Gate’s place as the city’s first permanent hotel.
“This is, literally, the birthplace of hotel tourism and casino as we know it today in Las Vegas,” Jeff Victor, vice president of operations for Circa Hospitality Group, said Thursday morning.
Even as the property has expanded, the Golden Gate still bears physical imprints of its earliest days.
