{"id":7601,"date":"2014-05-12T23:56:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2014-10-05T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T05:53:17","slug":"fremont-streets-pioneer-club-gets-skin-peeled-reveal-las-vegas-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/fremont-streets-pioneer-club-gets-skin-peeled-reveal-las-vegas-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Street’s Pioneer Club Gets Its Skin Peeled Off, Reveals Las Vegas History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pioneer Club in downtown Las Vegas is a building steeped in Las Vegas history, and it’s currently having some of its “skin” peeled off.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
An anagram for “Pioneer Club” is “Nicer pueblo.” “Pueblo” means “people” in Spanish. Nicer people! Yeah, it makes no sense, but we needed a caption for this photo. Moving on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pioneer Club building was built in 1918, and was originally a restaurant.<\/p>\n

Later, it became Beckley’s Mens Wear (photo below). It opened as a casino in 1942, and for its first few years of operation was the biggest and best-known casino downtown.<\/p>\n

\"Beckley's<\/a>
Before Fremont Street Experience was an experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pioneer Club casino closed in 1995, and now houses a gift shop. Because life isn’t fair, really.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
An exclusive photo, because exclusives are the new “actual news.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pioneer Club is known around the world as the home of Vegas Vic, one of the most iconic neon signs in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
Oh, the stories Vegas Vic could tell. Of course, most of them would involve the phrase, “I’m a sign, we don’t tell stories!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thankfully, Vegas Vic isn’t going anywhere. Some other stuff, though, is.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
Some neon gave its life for this little endeavor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The current construction affords a unique glimpse under the building’s facade. The aluminum panels were added to the building’s exterior in 1961. The photo below was taken before the aluminum siding was installed.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
The building still has those archy things over the windows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the sign out front it to be believed, a new building is being constructed between the Pioneer Club building and the Golden Nugget. The new building will house a tattoo shop. Apparently because you breezed right past that whole “life isn’t fair” thing.<\/p>\n

\"Pioneer<\/a>
Please slip into something less comfortable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The oldest casino in Las Vegas, Golden Gate (it opened in 1906), is downtown, too, not far from the Pioneer Club building.<\/p>\n

So, head downtown for a brush with Vegas history. Not to mention slushy drinks and go-go dealers. Because one cannot live on pictures of old buildings alone.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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