I wanted Downtown Las Vegas to be a revitalizing experience but soon realized that the Fremont Street Experience has more bad going for it than good.  Being a long time visitor of Las Vegas, I realize that it was in 1974 that I turned 21 and have been going to Downtown and then the Strip when I made more money. The allure of old Downtown never left me. The Mint, The Landmark and Glitter Gulch were vibrant and had class.  I just came back visiting Fremont Street and was terribly depressed. Pan handlers and homeless people wander around asking for handouts for their drug habits.  At night, it gets worse. Security is lax and more transients occupy the various positions which makes tourists extremely uncomfortable.  I know what Fremont Street was before closing the street, during, after and now.  I will recommend anyone who has an inkling of sanity to avoid Fremont Street until Tony Hsieh is allowed to fix it.  The powers that be are restraining Tony of Zappos from fixing Downtown for historic purposes due to plain greed.  Downtown after all has the charm potential of old Las Vegas that the Las Vegas mega Strip Hotels are afraid to lose gaming business. Once again, for safety sakes, avoid Downtown Las Vegas Fremont experience is best left to memories for now.\n\nThe best Hotel in Downtown is the Golden Nugget. The others are dives now.