Mr. Reed's Casino 22 Fremont Las Vegas, NV

22 Fremont

Las Vegas, NV

Mr. Reed's

9/27

19 73 to 7/9/1980

We are very fortunate to have obtained the

outstanding photo below taken by David Lee Guss.

Film Noir William Talman The City That Never Sleeps 1953 1 Golden Goose and mr. Reed's Las Vegas 1979

The photo to the left shows Mr. Reed's dwarfed by the Mint tower and tucked in next to the Golden Goose.

The people you see at the front of Mr. Reed’s were enticed to stop by a street hawker performing some magic tricks. The magician was really a “jam” auctioneer who gathered the crowd promising them enormous bargains on merchandise.

When a sufficient crowd gathered, he’d then open the sliding glass doors behind him with stacks of empty boxes of TV sets, etc. in sight and “jam” the folks into a makeshift gallery. Then closing the doors once the group was inside, the auctioneer would “jam” the merchandise down their throats. Rough business.

Mr. Reed’s was located to the rear of the auction. You’d pass through a long dark corridor to watch some questionable ladies promote the sale of overpriced, watered-down drinks and maybe a little more extra-curricular activities.

Mr. Reed’s was, at the time, the typical bar hustling jiggle joint. It closed when Bob Stupak acquired the property from Mel Exber, one of the partners of the Las Vegas Club in downtown. Stupak would then convert Mr. Reed's into Bob Stupak's Glitter Gulch.

Mr. Reed’s, the Golden Goose and the Mint tower in downtown Las Vegas in the 1970's

Photo courtesy of Mid Century Modern Las Vegas showing Mr. Reed’s, the Golden Goose and the Mint tower in the background.

New Year's Eve

1977

Photo by

D. Reinecke

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.

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.