Downtown Las Vegas casinos reopened to the public at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Just before that, the Viva Vision screen at the Fremont Street Experience
popped off with digital fireworks for the crowd below. For a moment, it felt as if Las Vegas had never shut down.
After a 78-day shutdown, the D Las Vegas opened its doors at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
Derek Stevens, co-owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate, is heralding his resorts’ reopening by giving away one-way flights to Las Vegas from 24 U.S. cities.
Owner Derek Stevens goal is to open the doors to the 1.25 million-square-foot project by December 2020. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)