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No mention of Fremont Street is the light and sound show overhead.
There is a four block long canopy with neon lights and streaming video.
12.5 million LED bulbs and a 550,000 watt stereo surround system puts everything you ever seen to shame.
This to me made me feel like I had walked into the future I grew up with. Every futuristic movie from Blade Runner to the Hunger Games love to display a world where information is always streaming. This is that world we always picture as 'the future' in real time.
Pics are mine.
Ads and music videos run through the video wall at heart-pumping volume.
The best moment of The Fremont Street Experience was 11:00 (We had a long day, so didn't stay until midnight).
It felt like New Year's Eve as everyone stopped and watched as Queen played "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions" (virtually) overhead.
Although, it was a manufactured moment, it was a moment that I will never forget. Big video screens are the norm, but there isn't anything quite like this.
It's also a tribute to Freddie Mercury that he could command such attention even posthumously. In a world filled with Elvis impersonators, slot machines on every corner, larger-than-life characters (costumed and original) and neon lights everywhere, he could still stop everything.
Other musicians graced the screen at other times of the night like Bon Jovi, but even their arena rock, seemed to pale to the majesty that was Queen. Which is a shame, I suppose, because I doubt we will see anyone like them again (I am a longtime Muse fan, but the closer they try to emulate their idols, the sillier it comes out).
You could also zipline overhead, and although that normally isn't my thing looked like it would be the most awesome feeling ever.
There is a four block long canopy with neon lights and streaming video.
12.5 million LED bulbs and a 550,000 watt stereo surround system puts everything you ever seen to shame.
This to me made me feel like I had walked into the future I grew up with. Every futuristic movie from Blade Runner to the Hunger Games love to display a world where information is always streaming. This is that world we always picture as 'the future' in real time.
Pics are mine.
Ads and music videos run through the video wall at heart-pumping volume.
The best moment of The Fremont Street Experience was 11:00 (We had a long day, so didn't stay until midnight).
It felt like New Year's Eve as everyone stopped and watched as Queen played "We will rock you" and "We are the Champions" (virtually) overhead.
Although, it was a manufactured moment, it was a moment that I will never forget. Big video screens are the norm, but there isn't anything quite like this.
It's also a tribute to Freddie Mercury that he could command such attention even posthumously. In a world filled with Elvis impersonators, slot machines on every corner, larger-than-life characters (costumed and original) and neon lights everywhere, he could still stop everything.
Other musicians graced the screen at other times of the night like Bon Jovi, but even their arena rock, seemed to pale to the majesty that was Queen. Which is a shame, I suppose, because I doubt we will see anyone like them again (I am a longtime Muse fan, but the closer they try to emulate their idols, the sillier it comes out).
You could also zipline overhead, and although that normally isn't my thing looked like it would be the most awesome feeling ever.
