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Las Vegas DownTown, Las Vegas — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Downtown Las Vegas is the older part of the city, a few miles north of the Strip, with the Mob Museum and the Neon Museum on its blocks.
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Where to stay in Las Vegas DownTown
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
The Mob Museum end of town reads differently from the Strip. Rooms in the older blocks put the Neon Museum, the Burlesque Hall of Fame and the Las Vegas Natural History Museum within a walk of one another, which is the argument for sleeping here rather than on the resort corridor to the south. Distances are short.
Anyone weighing a night beside the Lied Discovery Children's Museum against one further down Las Vegas should count the few miles between them.
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Downtown Las Vegas
The Burlesque Hall of Fame, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Lied Discovery Children's Museum stand in the same older blocks.Find hotels in Downtown Las Vegasstays on the resort corridor a few miles south of the Mob MuseumThe Strip
The Strip is the newer Las Vegas, and the museum roll of the older quarter lies a short run north of it.Find hotels in The StripHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Las Vegas
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Museums & Galleries
3- Mob Museum
- Neon Museum
- Burlesque Hall of Fame
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Jay Dayton Smith House Heritage
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About Las Vegas DownTown
What are the main landmarks in Las Vegas DownTown?
Museums dominate the roll. The Mob Museum and the Neon Museum draw the most attention, though the list runs on through the Burlesque Hall of Fame, the Evel Knievel Museum, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Lied Discovery Children's Museum. One house stands among them.
The Jay Dayton Smith House carries a person's name beside The King's Ransom Museum, the Las Vegas Museum of Art and Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum.
What is the history of Las Vegas DownTown?
Downtown is the older Las Vegas. The Strip rose a few miles south of it, which leaves this quarter holding the longer record of the city along with a house on the landmark roll that still carries a person's name, the Jay Dayton Smith House. Its museums do the remembering.
The Neon Museum, the Mob Museum and the Burlesque Hall of Fame each take a subject from the city's own past, while the Evel Knievel Museum names a rider and The King's Ransom Museum keeps a collection under a title of its own.
Where is Las Vegas DownTown?
The Strip lies south. Downtown Las Vegas keeps the older ground a few miles up from it, and the Mob Museum stands among its blocks.
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What is the best area to stay in Las Vegas DownTown?
Downtown Las Vegas: nights within a walk of the Neon Museum and the Mob Museum. The Strip: stays on the resort corridor a few miles south of the Mob Museum.
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Updated October 2026