The question mixes a game name with a fixed physical location
The query "is blue a casino game vegas" points toward downtown Las Vegas, where The D Las Vegas sits 0.1 straight-line miles from the city reference point. That figure is a great-circle measurement, not a road distance, and it describes only the documented position of the venue at 36.1697, -115.1428.
Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time for any route. The useful part of the question is geographic: the venue has a fixed position, and every other measurement depends on where the reader starts.
The documented straight-line distances from The D
The D Las Vegas is one of the venues documented in the downtown Las Vegas cluster. Its recorded coordinates place it at the eastern end of the Fremont Street Experience, and the reference file measures it against several nearby documented venues and the city point itself.
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas city reference point | 0.1 | great-circle |
| Four Queens | 0.2 | great-circle |
| Horseshoe | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Golden Nugget Las Vegas | 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 |
Every figure in this table is a straight-line measurement between documented coordinates. None of them is a driving distance, and none implies a travel time.
Why straight-line distance and road distance diverge
Great-circle distance is the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two coordinate pairs. A road trip cannot follow that path. The difference between the two measurements comes from terrain, bodies of water, the shape of the road network, and where a route must cross a jurisdictional boundary.
In downtown Las Vegas, the street grid is dense and mostly orthogonal, so short straight-line figures like 0.1 or 0.3 miles often correspond to a road journey only modestly longer. But the principle holds everywhere: a road route bends around blocks, follows one-way patterns, and may add distance where a straight line would cut through buildings or private property.
For the 1.7-mile pairs to Stratosphere Tower and Jerry's Nugget, the road route may differ more substantially because the road network, traffic signals, and the shape of the built environment impose a path that the straight line ignores. The article does not estimate that difference.
The venue's fixed position in the region
The D Las Vegas is documented at latitude 36.1697 and longitude -115.1428. The city reference point for Las Vegas sits at 36.1692, -115.1406, which places the venue almost immediately west of the city point and very slightly north.
Las Vegas is in the state of Nevada. The venue's coordinates place it in the downtown area, east of the Fremont Street Experience, which the documented source describes as its location. Relative to the other documented venues, The D sits closest to the city reference point itself, with Four Queens the nearest named venue at 0.2 straight-line miles.
The venue opened on July 2, 1980 under the name Sundance Hotel, and is owned and operated by Derek and Greg Stevens. It is documented with more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games across two floors. These figures come from publicly published reference sources and describe a documented point in time; casino floor configurations change as properties renovate.
What the query cannot resolve
The phrase "blue" in the query does not correspond to any documented venue, game, or geographic feature in the supplied reference set. This article therefore treats the query as a request about the fixed location of the venue most clearly associated with the downtown Las Vegas cluster, The D, and about how distance measurements work around it.
The article does not state whether "blue" is the name of a game, a table, a promotion, or a color scheme at any venue. No documented fact supports such a claim, and the article will not invent one.
How to measure from your own starting point
The venue's position is fixed. Your starting point is not. If a reader asks for the distance from "me" or "my location," no article can answer that without knowing where the reader is, and this article does not guess.
To make the measurement yourself, take the venue's documented coordinates, 36.1697, -115.1428, and compare them with your own coordinates from a map application. Any map tool will compute a straight-line figure and a road route separately. The road route is the one that matters for planning an actual trip, and it will always be longer than the straight-line figure.
The reference file documents 318 venues measured to the city of Las Vegas, but that is not a complete list of casinos in the city or state. For a complete current list, consult the Nevada gaming regulator.
What to confirm before you go
Several facts about The D Las Vegas can change between the time this article is written and the time a reader arrives. The documented figures here are a snapshot from publicly published reference sources.
- Whether the slot machine count of more than 1,000 and the table game count of 22 still hold, since casino floors are reconfigured.
- Current operating hours and any access restrictions, which are published on the venue's own website.
- Whether the venue's name or branding has changed, since casino properties are sold and rebranded.
- Current room availability and any resort fee, which appear only on the venue's booking page.
- The exact road route and any construction or closure affecting it, which a live map application will show.
The channel that holds the current answer is the venue's own published pages and guest services line, not this article.
FAQ
Is "blue" a casino game in Las Vegas?
No documented fact in the reference set identifies "blue" as a casino game, table, or venue feature in Las Vegas. The query is answered here as a geographic question about The D Las Vegas, the downtown venue most clearly associated with the cluster. If "blue" refers to a specific game or promotion, the venue's own published materials are the only authoritative source.
How far is The D Las Vegas from downtown Las Vegas?
The documented straight-line distance from The D Las Vegas to the Las Vegas city reference point is 0.1 miles, measured as a great-circle distance between coordinate pairs. Road distance is longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. The venue's coordinates are 36.1697, -115.1428, and the city point is 36.1692, -115.1406.
Why does the article not give driving distances?
Because the reference data contains only great-circle distances between documented coordinates, not road routes. A straight-line figure ignores terrain, bodies of water, road network shape, and jurisdictional crossings. Publishing a road distance without a documented route would be an invented number, so the article explains the difference and directs readers to a live map tool for routing.
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