Mermaids 32 Fremont Las Vegas, NV 1999 to present

32 Fremont

Las Vegas, NV

Mermaids

2000

to

2016

Mermaids Casino on Fremont street in Las Vegas, NV 2013

In January 2000 Herb Pastor converted his Sassy Sally's Casino

to the island themed Mermaids Casino.

Mermaids was a slots only casino.

Pastor also started the Coin Castle Casino and later converted it to the Louisiana themed La Bayou.

In an article from August 11, 1977 Herbert Pastor was approved as the

unconditional licensee of both the Golden Goose and the Coin Castle Casinos.

He converted the Golden Goose Casino to

the former gentlemen's club "The Girls of Glitter Gulch."

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.

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.

A view of the location of Mermaids at 32 Fremont Street in September 2017 shows the building is gone

but the Las Vegas Club towers are still there. There is a food truck parked where mermaids formerly stood.

Granite Gaming owned both La Bayou and Mermaids. It was started by owner Herb Pastor who sold to his son Steve Burnstine in 2006. Burnstine owned and operated the properties until May 2016 when the Stevens Brothers,

owners of the Golden Gate, The D, and the former Las Vegas Club, bought La Bayou and Mermaids Casino as they expanded their interests down Fremont.

Both La Bayou and Mermaids closed June 27, 2016

Mermaids location at the corner of North 1st Street in 2013 and 2017

Mermaids interior demolition in April of 2017 courtesy of the PGG Collection.

Mermaids had a great location on the corner of North 1st Street, where one of the Fremont Street stages

occupies the closed street, and right across the stage from Binion’s.

Every night saw huge crowds ready to play the slots and have a famous deep fried Twinkie at Mermaids.

To the left is the site in February 2018.

Click here for more photos of the demolition of this block and the progress of the new downtown property.