Is Fremont Street a Public Road Owned by the Taxpayers?

Is not Fremont Street still not a public road owned by the taxpayers under the canopy? If so how can the Fremont Street Experience charge a fee at New Years to gain access?

A source familiar with Fremont Street Experience explains that FSE “pulls special-event permits with the City of Las Vegas for certain events, such as New Year's Eve. These one-off permits issued by the city allow perimeters to be set up with security checkpoints and the like. This is the only ticketed event of the year, although permits are also pulled for concerts and corporate events. Most aren't for all of the FSE mall.”

Also, Fremont Street Experience is not, technically speaking, a public venue. City of Las Vegas spokesman Jace Radke says, “It's owned and operated by the Fremont Street LLC.”

So while it’s free on almost every day of the year, it can be a for-pay venue when the occasion warrants.

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[email protected] Feb-06-2019

Makes sense

This makes sense.  Where I live they will close off downtown streets for various festivals and events, including setting up stages for performers, and some of these are ticketed events.  So I suspect this is not an uncommon way of handling things.

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