El Cortez (Las Vegas)

El Cortez
Location Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Address 600 East Fremont Street
Opening dateNovember 7, 1941; 83 years ago (November 7, 1941)
ThemeWestern
No. of rooms364
Total gaming space41,842 sq ft (3,887.2 m2)[1]
Notable restaurantsSiegel's 1941
Casino typeLand
OwnerKenny Epstein
Renovated in1952, 1963, 1980, 2006, 2009, 2019, 2024
Websitewww.elcortezhotelcasino.com
El Cortez
El Cortez (Las Vegas) is located in Downtown Las Vegas
El Cortez (Las Vegas)
El Cortez (Las Vegas) is located in Nevada
El Cortez (Las Vegas)
El Cortez (Las Vegas) is located in the United States
El Cortez (Las Vegas)
Coordinates36°10′9.7284″N 115°08′19.0602″W / 36.169369000°N 115.138627833°W / 36.169369000; -115.138627833
Built1941
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
Visitation3 million (2016)
NRHP reference No.13000010
Added to NRHP2013

El Cortez, a hotel and casino, is a relatively small downtown Las Vegas gaming venue a block from the Fremont Street Experience and Las Vegas Boulevard. Slots, table games, and a race and sports book occupy one floor of the main pavilion, at this historic casino. It opened on Fremont Street on November 7, 1941, and is one of the oldest casino-hotel properties in Las Vegas, along with the nearby Golden Gate Hotel and Casino. Primarily Spanish Colonial Revival in style, it reflects a 1952 remodel when the façade was modernized.[2] On February 22, 2013, the structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

  1. ^ "Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage (2017 data)". Nevada Gaming Control Board. March 6, 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Ron Sylvester, El Cortez joins National Register of Historic Places, Las Vegas Sun, February 25, 2013, accessed February 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Weekly List for February 22, 2013, National Park Service, February 22, 2013, accessed February 26, 2013.