Sundance West 32 Fremont Las Vegas, NV 1976 to 1980

32 Fremont

Las Vegas, NV

Sundance West

1976 to 1980

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In an article published June 18, 1976 Allan D. Sachs

was approved for five 21 (blackjack) games, three poker tables

and 203 slot machines at the Sundance West Casino.

Very few pictures of Sundance West exist and I am

very fortunate to be able to share this

wonderful photograph taken by photographer David Lee Guss.

Al Sach's Sundance West in Downtown Las Vegas Click for more info or to buy a print of this image.

This is a closeup of the sign

on the Sundance West photgraph above showing Al Sach's name on the marquee.

These were all the

chips issued for the

Sundance West Casino.

They are all 1976 issues.

In 1981, Herb Pastor acquired the Sundance West Casino owned by Al Sachs and changed it to Sassy Sally’s Casino.

Al Sachs had been named the General Manager of the old Aladdin Hotel and Casino on the strip thereby losing some interest in operating the Sundance West.

Sally was the name of Herb Pastor's kids' babysitter and, yes, according to Pastor, she was indeed sassy!

Pastor was expanding his gambling operations at the time and also acquired what was then known as the 20th Century Hotel and Casino on Tropicana (now known as Hooters). He changed it’s name and format to the Treasury Hotel and Casino and operated it for a couple of years before selling it to Gerald Philbin, a defensive lineman on Joe Namath's Baltimore Colts Superbowl Championship Team of 1969. Since then, the location has changed ownership over and over.

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.