Fitzgeralds Las Vegas
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| Location | Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Address | 301 Fremont Street |
| Opening date | 1980 |
| No. of rooms | 638 |
| Total gaming space | 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m2) |
| Permanent shows |
Marriage Can Be Murder Defending the Caveman |
| Notable restaurants | Joe Vicari's Andiamo Steakhouse D Grill American Coney Island |
| Casino type | Land |
| Owner | Derek Stevens (78%) Greg Stevens (22%) |
| Previous names | Sundance Hotel Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino |
| Renovated in | 1979, 2012 |
| Coordinates | 36°10′11″N 115°8′34″W / 36.16972°N 115.14278°WCoordinates: 36°10′11″N 115°8′34″W / 36.16972°N 115.14278°W |
| Website | The D Las Vegas |
The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel is a 34-story, 638-room hotel and casino in Downtown Las Vegas Nevada, owned and operated by Derek and Greg Stevens.
The D is located at the eastern end of the Fremont Street Experience. It has a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) casino, several restaurants, a business center, and a pool. The casino now has more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games located on two floors.
As Fitzgeralds, it had a "luck of the Irish" theme, with shamrocks and a leprechaun. In fall 2012, The D completed a property-wide renovation and rebranding to replace the Irish theme with a more contemporary feel.
The Sundance Hotel opened in 1980 on land owned by Moe Dalitz. Dalitz, an organized crime figure, faced difficulty from the Gaming Commission, so the casino was nominally run by his associates, Al Sachs and Herb Tobman, who also owned the Stardust and Fremont casinos.
In 1983, Sachs and Tobman faced suspension of their gaming licenses due to charges of skimming. Dalitz applied to manage the Sundance himself, but the Gaming Commission stalled on his application, until July 1984, when he agreed to surrender management to Jackie Gaughan until the casino could be sold.
Finally, in 1987, the Sundance was sold to Lincoln Management Group (later Fitzgeralds Gaming) and renamed as Fitzgeralds Las Vegas.
In December 2001, with Fitzgeralds Gaming in bankruptcy, The Majestic Star Casino, LLC, owned by Don Barden, bought the property, along with two other Fitzgeralds casinos in Colorado and Mississippi, for a total of $149 million. At that point, Barden became the first African American casino owner in Las Vegas. Barden separated Fitzgeralds Las Vegas from the Majestic Star umbrella two years later, to free it from restrictions imposed by the company's lenders.
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