The Number That Matters First
The city of Las Vegas sits 0.1 straight-line miles from the venue documented as d las vegas, and that figure is the only kind of distance this article can give you with confidence. Road distance is always longer than a straight-line measurement, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time for any pair.
What you are looking at is a fixed set of coordinates for a downtown cluster of casino properties, measured as great-circle distances from the city's documented reference point. The numbers below describe where venues sit relative to one another on a map, not how long it takes to walk, drive, or ride between them.
Every figure in the table comes from publicly published reference sources and reflects a documented point in time. Facility counts, room totals, and ownership change as properties are rebuilt and rebranded, so treat the table as a snapshot, not a live feed.
The Downtown Las Vegas Cluster, Measured Straight-Line
The venues documented in this file cluster tightly around the downtown area. Their coordinates place them within a fraction of a mile of one another, which is what the straight-line figures below show.
| Reference Point | Straight-Line Miles | Measurement Type |
|---|---|---|
| d las vegas | 0.1 | great-circle |
| four queens | 0.2 | great-circle |
| horseshoe | 0.3 | great-circle |
| golden nugget las | 0.3 | great-circle |
| binion's | 0.3 | great-circle |
| golden gate | 0.4 | great-circle |
| main street | 0.4 | great-circle |
| main street station | 0.4 | great-circle |
| stratosphere tower | 1.7 | great-circle |
| jerry's nugget | 1.7 | great-circle |
These are the only distance pairs this article can state. If the pair you are curious about is not in this table, this article cannot measure it, and no amount of estimation would make an unsupported number acceptable.
Why a Straight Line Is Not Your Route
A great-circle distance is the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two coordinate points. It ignores everything that stands between you and a casino entrance: buildings, city blocks, pedestrian barriers, road networks, and the way downtown Las Vegas streets are laid out.
Road distance is longer because vehicles and pedestrians follow engineered paths, not geodesic curves. In a dense downtown grid, even two venues that sit 0.1 straight-line miles apart can require a walk of several blocks, a crossing, or a detour around a closed section of street.
Terrain and water bodies add further divergence in other regions, but downtown Las Vegas is flat and arid. The dominant cause of extra road distance here is the street grid itself, plus the fact that the Fremont Street area is pedestrianised in ways that change how people move between properties.
Crossing a state line introduces another layer. The city of Las Vegas sits in Nevada, but the broader metropolitan area touches other jurisdictions, and any trip that crosses a boundary can involve different road rules, signage, and routing decisions that a straight-line figure cannot capture.
Where These Venues Sit
The city of Las Vegas is documented at latitude 36.16916667 and longitude -115.14055556. The venues in the table above sit within a small coordinate range around that point, placing them in the downtown area rather than the Strip corridor further south.
The coordinate spread tells you the cluster runs slightly north and west of the city reference point, with the stratosphere tower and jerry's nugget sitting noticeably further out at 1.7 straight-line miles. That still places them within the same general downtown and near-downtown zone, not in a distant part of the valley.
Nevada is the state that contains this cluster, and the venues sit in the southern portion of the state, close to its border with Arizona and California. The coordinates alone support a directional statement: these properties are in the south of Nevada, near the state's southern edge, but this article will not attach a specific highway or crossing to that fact.
Your Position Is the Variable
The venue locations are fixed. Your starting point is not. If a question asks about distance from "me" or "my location," this article cannot resolve that reference point, because no reader location was supplied and guessing one would be fabrication.
What you can do is compare your own coordinates against the documented city coordinates above. If you know your latitude and longitude, the straight-line distance to the downtown cluster is a calculation you can run yourself with any standard great-circle formula, and the result will be directly comparable to the figures in the table.
If you do not know your coordinates, use a mapping tool to find them, then measure to 36.16916667, -115.14055556. That gives you a straight-line figure in the same measurement type this article uses, and you can then decide whether the road route matters more for your planning.
What the Venue Facts Show
Five venues in the cluster have documented facility figures, and they differ enough to matter if you are choosing where to spend time. The table below lays out only the fields supplied in the documented reference sources.
| Venue | Slot Machines | Table Games | Hotel Rooms | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d las vegas | 1,000 | 22 | not documented | July 2, 1980 |
| four queens | 105 | not documented | 115 | June 2, 1966 |
| horseshoe | not documented | not documented | 366 | 1932 |
| golden nugget las | not documented | not documented | 2,419 | 1984 |
| binion's | not documented | not documented | 366 | 1932 |
These figures are snapshots from publicly published reference sources. A venue that shows "not documented" in a field simply means this article has no sourced figure for that category, not that the category does not exist at the property.
Ownership details also appear in the documented sources: d las vegas is owned by Derek and Greg Stevens, four queens by Elsinore Corporation, horseshoe and binion's by TLC Casino Enterprises, and golden nugget las by Landry's. Ownership and branding change through sales and rebrands, so treat these as historical documentation rather than current corporate structure.
What to Confirm Before You Go
Anything that changes day to day or season to season is outside what this article can state. That includes opening hours, room rates, resort fees, buffet prices, parking charges, and event schedules.
For current hours and access, check the property's own published hours page or contact its guest services line directly. For room availability and rates, the property's booking page is the authoritative channel, and rates will vary by day of week, season, room category, and whether a resort fee is listed separately.
If you are measuring distance from your own starting point, confirm your coordinates first, then compare against the city reference point above. Road distance will always exceed the straight-line figure, and in a downtown grid the gap can be significant even for venues that look adjacent on a map.
Do not rely on any figure in this article as a live operational fact. The coordinates and documented facility counts are fixed reference data; everything else about a visit is best confirmed through the venue's own channels shortly before you travel.
FAQ
Why does the article only give straight-line distances?
Straight-line distance is the only measurement that can be derived from documented coordinates without inventing route details. Road distance depends on specific streets, closures, and routing choices that this article does not have as sourced facts, so publishing a driving figure would be fabrication.
Can I use these distances to plan walking between downtown casinos?
Only as a rough spatial guide. A straight-line figure of 0.1 miles does not mean a 0.1-mile walk, because the street grid forces a longer path. Use the table to understand which venues sit close together, then confirm the actual walking route with a mapping tool or on the ground.
How do I measure distance from my own location?
Find your latitude and longitude from a mapping tool, then calculate the great-circle distance to 36.16916667, -115.14055556, the documented city reference point. The result will be in the same measurement type as the table, and you can compare it directly against the figures above.
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