{"id":17969,"date":"2017-08-05T18:20:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T01:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=17969"},"modified":"2017-08-16T22:43:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T05:43:58","slug":"mermaids-casino-demolished-downtown-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/mermaids-casino-demolished-downtown-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mermaids Casino is Demolished in Downtown Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mermaids Casino, a seedy but beloved casino on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, has been demolished to make way for a new resort.<\/p>\n

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Mermaids has gone to Davy Jones’ locker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mermaids site has hosted a number of casinos since it opened as Silver Palace in 1956.<\/p>\n

After Silver Palace, it was Carousel Casino, Gambler’s Hall of Fame Casino, Sundance West and Sassy Sally’s.<\/p>\n

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An excavator dips below ground level, where there was once a restaurant, Cosmo’s Underground Italian restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mermaids closed<\/a> at 11:00 p.m. on June 27, 2016, along with another small casino nearby, La Bayou.<\/p>\n

Mermaids was a low-roller favorite on Fremont Street, known mainly for its convenient restrooms and deep friend Oreos and Twinkies.<\/p>\n

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Nothing says “mermaid” like guitars, bongos and congas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On August 5, 2017, the Mermaids facade came down as part of a blockwide demolition which includes the Glitter Gulch strip club and Las Vegas Club casino.<\/p>\n

Here’s an aerial view of Mermaids in all its pulverized glory.<\/p>\n

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