Must See Sights and Landmarks in Sloan Area

"Inspired by the city of Venice in Italy, The Venetian in Las Vegas houses one of the largest casinos in the world and is undoubtedly an important architectural jewel on the famous Las Vegas strip. As the city of Venice becomes the design inspiration, the hotel features replicas of many of its important landmarks like the Rialto Bridge, the Lion of Venice Column, Palazzo Ducale, St. Mark’s Campanile and Piazzetta di San Marco. It also hosts a large shopping mall along with an iconic nightclub that serves some of the best crowds of the sin city."

"Global Cuisine, American, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, 24 Hour Dining, Casual Dining, Late Night, $$. Open twenty-four hours, Grand Lux Café has an extensive menu from snacks to breakfast to dinner. There’s something for everyone, much like its sister restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory."

"We continued walking around through more hotels and ended up at The Venetian. While at The Venetian, we experienced the indoor Gondola Ride (seats 4 people max). What an amazing 15 minute ride!. We were given blue roses before going on the gondola and our guide sang in french!"

"Reinvention is etched into Las Vegas’ identity, but Fremont Street is a familiar scene that you’ll know right away from 20th-century movies, TV shows and music videos. Glitter Gulch at the west end of the street got its name from its profusion of neon signs, and became a handy establishing shot, turning sights like the Fremont Hotel & Casino and the cowboy Vegas Vic into international icons. Fremont Street has not stood still either."

"This glitzy feast for the eyes and ears takes place hourly after dark on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Projected on a canopy 90 feet above the pedestrian mall and stretching for five blocks between Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, this light and sound show has rotating themes, from aliens to patriotism, and includes a tribute to the rock band Queen. Fremont Street Experience"

"The Fremont Street experience is found in Vegas’ Downtown and features the world’s largest video screen as the ceiling of this outdoor experience. Viva Vision light show draws 22 million people each year with high-resolution images and concert quality sound with more than 12 million LED lamps. Lake show at the Wynn"

"Address: 3535 Las Vegas Blvd SouthPhone: 702-322-0560Hours: Monday – Thursday 10am – 11pm; Friday & Saturday 10am – midnight; Sunday 10am – 10pm. Between The Linq Hotel and the Flamingo, The Linq Promenade is a safe, bustling pedestrian walkway where you’ll find 200,000 square feet of stores, restaurants and entertainment. Here you’ll find everything from a souvenir shop (because of course you have to get something that screams Las Vegas) to a 2 story candy shop, and everything in between."

"Review: The recently opened Linq offers a quintessential experience of shopping in Las Vegas right on the Strip. This outdoor shopping and entertainment plaza offers a staggering variety of shopping, entertainment and dining options. The first thing you'll notice when you visit The Linq is the High Roller."

"This is a great spot to do some shopping, enjoy a meal and to find some kid-friendly entertainment including an observation wheel and ziplines."

"2233 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89104Phone: (702) 735-6803. Here is a wedding chapel that Hollywood producers and directors have seen fit to feature in their films. Granted, these were not academy award winning movies (Honeymoon in Vegas, Mars Attack, Indecent Proposal, and Vegas Vacation), but it does show the classic esthetic appeal of the chapel."

"The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, also known as the Hoover Dam Bridge, crosses the Colorado River between the states of Arizona and Nevada and is world renowned for its impressive feats of engineering. The 1,500-foot-long four-lane highway bridge rests 890 feet above the Colorado River and is the second-highest bridge in the United States. It also features the world's tallest concrete columns of their kind and is the highest and longest arched concrete bridge in the Western Hemisphere."

"Source: Photo by Flickr user Matt Kieffer used under CC BY-SA 2.0. The blue water running under the amazing arched bridge through the big canyon–that just asks for a photo. But Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is not only a place for nice shots."

"DeeDee and Tony share their wheelchair accessible cruise to Alaska and Canada aboard the Carnival Miracle, which they call the "trip of a lifetime."

"Our last stop on our brewery tour in Downtown Las Vegas is Triple 7 Restaurant & Microbrewery located inside Main Street Station Casino, Brewery, & Hotel. This Vegas microbrewery features six craft beers with some of the freshest flavors that will ever hit your lips. All your favorites – golden ale, hefeweizen, pale ale, IPA, and more – are all available year-round."

"If you are obsessed with donuts, then the Donut Bar in Downtown Las Vegas will quickly become your happy place. Having garnered fans that include Ellen DeGeneres and Ryan Seacrest, their award-winning donuts always garner long ques of people lining up to get their own stash of donuts. With offerings such as French toast, big poppa, maple bacon, Boston cream, Homer Simpson and lemon pistachio, can you blame them?"

"Well, pretty much anything at Donut Bar is going to send your tastebuds sailing in the direction of happiness. However, Big Poppa Tart does seem to epitomize everything Donut Bar is. A whole pop tart is stuffed inside a donut, weighing an entire pound!"

"Choices at this doughnut emporium out of San Diego include the "Big Poppa Tart," mud pie, maple Bourbon, Boston creme, apple fritter, cake batter and naturally, the super-sized "Homer's donut."