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The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, patterned after the opulent saloons found in San Francisco in the nineteenth century, opened in 1946 in Downtown Las Vegas and has always regarded itself as a cut above the other properties along Fremont Street. It is also the place where young business entrepreneur Steve Wynn got his start in the hotel/casino industry.
In the early 1970s Steve Wynn was a liquor distributor and real-estate speculator. Then, with some inside knowledge of corruption among the staff at the Golden Nugget, he was able to acquire enough stock for a hostile takeover of the property in 1973. The property quickly prospered under his control and additional hotel rooms were added in 1977. Wynn then went on to developed the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City and the Mirage and the Bellagio hotels/casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
 
Although Steve Wynn no longer owns the Golden Nugget, over the years the hotel/casino has been well maintained with new hotel rooms and a water feature added to the property. The new pool area contains a large outdoor aquarium with clear plastic water tubes that go through a shark-filled aquarium. They tell me that you do not have to worry about the shark bite marks on the plastic tubes because no tourist at the pool has ever been bitten by a shark!
If you are not staying at the hotel, and just want to stop by for a visit, one of the main attractions on display is The Hand of Faith Gold Nugget that was found in Australia in 1980. At 61 pounds 11 ounces it is the largest gold nugget on public display in the World! The nugget was discovered by a man using a metal detector on the land behind his modest trailer where he and his wife and four children lived.
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