Glitter Gulch, Bob Stupak's 22 Fremont Las Vegas, NV

22 Fremont

Las Vegas, NV

Bob Stupak's Glitter Gulch

1980 to 1981

Bob Stupak's Glitter Gulch opened Oct 1, 1980 and operated

with slots Blackjack, Poker and Craps until Aug. 15, 1981 according to the Fuller Index.

In 1982 Herb Pastor acquired the Glitter Gulch Casino next door to his Golden Goose Casino

and combined the two locations under the license of the Golden Goose operating it until 1991.

At the time of the sale, Bob Stupak was preoccupied with building

his Stratosphere Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Blvd.

Bob Stupak and Herb Pastor were very close friends for more than thirty years,

sharing part of everyday together at breakfast or lunch or dinner and sometimes all three meals a day.

The ChipGuide shows the location of Glitter Gulch as 20 Fremont, the former location of the Golden Goose.

Glitter Gulch Golden Goose in 2012 Las Vegas, NV

The Glitter Gulch sign along with Vegas Vicky were still in use as shown in my picture from 2012.

The original Golden Goose sign is shown here as well.

Bob Stupak was born April 6, 1942, in Pittsburgh, the son of longtime illegal floating craps game operator Chester Stupak and his wife Florence. He died at age 67 in 2009

In his inaugural run for mayor in 1987, Bob Stupak sent gift fruit baskets to potential voters. Stupak also financed the unsuccessful Las Vegas City Council campaigns of his daughter Nicole in 1991 and his son, Nevada, in 1999.

{from Las Vegas Sun- Ed Koch Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009}

The half block of Fremont Street from 20 to 32 Fremont has been home to quite a few important and recognizable businesses in the past. The little alley between the Las Vegas Club and the Golden Goose sign is part of the original layout of Las Vegas as surveyed in 1905. I took the picture below in October 2013 and the list shows some of the businesses that took up residence in this tiny patch over the years.

20 Fremont	22 Fremont	24 Fremont	*32 Fremont*
Las Vegas Coffee Shop and Bakery (ca. 1926) State Cafe' (ca. 1932-50) Buckley's (1952-1960) Starlite Sales (1961) Mecca Slots (1973) Golden Goose (1974-1980) Girls of Glitter Gulch (Closed 2016)	Bogg’s Bros Grocery (ca. 1926-1931) 21 Club (1931-1934) Barrel House (1934-1938) Las Vegas Barbecue (ca. 1944-1952) Copper Grill (1953-1954) Golden Slot (1955-1958) Cecil Lynch's Fortune Club (1958-1966) Goldie's (1966-1973) Mr. Reed's (1973-1980) Bob Stupak's Glitter Gulch (1980-1981) Girls of Glitter Gulch (Closed 2016)	Nevada Bakery (ca.1926-1931) Nevada Shoe Shop (ca. 1945- Dixie Waffle & Sandwich Shop Dixie Delicatessen (ca. 1950-1963) G & G Fremont (Closed 2016) ----------------- 26 Fremont Deluxe Barber (ca. 1932-1945) Mack Louis Bail Bonds (ca.1950) Jay Jewelry & Loan (ca.1952-1953) ----------------- 28 Fremont Blanding's Palace Market (ca. 1930-1932) Ethels Delicatessen (ca. 1934) Ethel’s Liquor Store (ca. 1937-45) Thrifty Liquors (ca. 1952) Downtown Liquors (ca.1953) ----------------- 30 Fremont Oak Hotel (ca. 1930-39) La Bonita Hotel (ca. 1944-1954)	Las Vegas Pharmacy (ca. 1930-1953) Silver Palace (1956-1964) Carousel (1965-1974) Gambler's Hall of Fame (1974-1976) Sundance West (1976-1980) Sassy Sally's (1981-1999) Cosmo’s Underground Italian Restaurant in the basement of Sassy Sally's Mermaid's (1999-2016) 32 Fremont is the corner of 1st St. & Fremont St. That corner has changed many times over the years. Click here to see some photos of that corner over the last 85 years.