The position you are asking about is fixed, and the first number is 0.1 miles
The city reference point for Las Vegas sits 0.1 miles straight-line from the venue documented as The D Las Vegas, and 0.2 miles straight-line from the Four Queens. Both figures are great-circle measurements, meaning they describe the shortest path across the surface of the earth, not a route anyone can drive or walk.
Road distance is always longer than a straight-line figure, and this article does not publish driving mileage, travel time, highway numbers, or turn-by-turn directions. What it does provide is the fixed, documented position of each downtown venue and the straight-line separations between them and the Las Vegas city reference point, so a reader can see how tightly clustered these properties are before ever opening a map application.
The phrase "stand at slots" in the query does not identify a single venue from the reference records available for this article, so no single property can be singled out as the subject. Instead, the article works with the documented downtown Las Vegas venues that appear in the distance matrix, all of which sit within a few tenths of a mile of the city reference point.
What the distance matrix contains
The reference data used here documents ten downtown Las Vegas casino venues and measures each one against the Las Vegas city reference point. Every figure below is a great-circle distance, not a road distance, and every figure is labelled as such in the table.
| 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 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 |
The pattern is immediately visible: eight of the ten documented venues sit within 0.4 miles straight-line of the city reference point, while two sit at 1.7 miles. That clustering is not an accident of measurement. It reflects the physical layout of downtown Las Vegas, where casino properties occupy a compact grid rather than spreading out along a corridor.
Why a straight line is not your route
A great-circle distance ignores every obstacle between two points. Downtown Las Vegas is a built urban grid: buildings, pedestrian malls, one-way streets, and the Fremont Street Experience canopy all stand between any two coordinates. A person walking from one casino to another follows sidewalks and crossings, not a geodesic arc.
Road distance adds further deviation. Streets do not run in perfect straight lines between casino entrances, and a driver must follow the legal direction of travel, stop at signals, and enter a property from its designated approach. None of that is captured in a 0.1-mile or 0.3-mile straight-line figure.
For the two venues measured at 1.7 miles, the gap between straight-line and actual travel is likely to be proportionally larger still. The reference records do not supply road mileage for any pair, so this article cannot say how much larger. The honest statement is that road distance is always longer, and the reader should obtain a road route from a mapping tool using the venue's documented coordinates.
The fixed position of each documented venue
Every venue in the matrix has a documented latitude and longitude. The D Las Vegas sits at 36.16972222 north, 115.14277778 west. The Four Queens sits at 36.16972222 north, 115.14361111 west, a fraction of a minute of longitude to the west. Horseshoe and Binion's share the coordinates 36.17138889 north, 115.14444444 west, which is consistent with the documented history of the property and its rebranding.
Golden Nugget Las Vegas sits at 36.17083333 north, 115.14472222 west. The city reference point for Las Vegas is documented at 36.16916667 north, 115.14055556 west. All of these coordinates place the venues in Clark County, Nevada, in the downtown core rather than the Strip corridor, which lies south of the city reference point.
Ownership and branding change over time. The D Las Vegas is documented as owned by Derek and Greg Stevens. Four Queens is documented as owned by Elsinore Corporation. Horseshoe and Binion's are documented as owned by TLC Casino Enterprises. Golden Nugget Las Vegas is documented as owned by Landry's, with a city of Houston and state of Texas recorded for the owner entity. These ownership fields describe a documented point in time and may not reflect the present.
What the query asks that this article cannot resolve
The query contains no identifiable starting point. It does not name a city, a hotel, an airport, or a street corner from which the reader wants to measure. Without a starting coordinate, no distance can be computed, and guessing one would be fabrication.
The correct way to use this article is to treat the venue positions as fixed and the reader's position as variable. The venue coordinates are published above. A reader can enter their own current location into any mapping tool, enter the venue coordinates, and obtain a road distance and travel time specific to their actual starting point. That measurement belongs to the reader's tool, not to this article.
If the reader's intended starting point is one of the other documented venues in the matrix, the table above gives the straight-line separation from the city reference point, not from venue to venue. No venue-to-venue pairs are supplied in the reference records, so this article cannot state, for example, the straight-line distance between the Four Queens and the Golden Nugget. The reader can derive that from the two sets of coordinates if they wish, but this article does not perform that calculation.
How to confirm the details that change
Everything in this article that is a facility figure, an ownership name, or an opening year comes from publicly published reference sources and describes a documented point in time. Casino properties are renovated, rebranded, sold, and expanded. A hotel room count or slot machine count published in one year may not match the next.
Before travelling, a reader should confirm on the venue's own published pages: current operating status, any entry or parking policies, and the exact street address for a mapping tool. The venue's own contact page is the authoritative channel for current hours and access details. This article does not publish addresses, phone numbers, or hours because those are changeable and belong to the operator's current publications.
The state gaming regulator for Nevada maintains the complete current list of licensed venues in the state. This article documents 318 venues measured to the Las Vegas city reference point, but that is a documentation count, not a census of every casino in Las Vegas or Nevada. The regulator's published list is the source for a complete current enumeration.
FAQ
Why does the article say 0.1 miles when the walk feels longer?
The 0.1-mile figure is a great-circle distance between two coordinate points, not a walking route. Sidewalks, crossings, building entrances, and pedestrian barriers all add distance. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish walking or driving mileage.
Can I use the venue coordinates to navigate?
Yes. The documented latitude and longitude for each venue are fixed geographic facts. Enter them into any mapping application along with your own starting point, and the application will compute a road route and travel time. This article does not perform that computation or publish the result.
Why are Horseshoe and Binion's listed with the same coordinates?
The reference records document both names at 36.17138889 north, 115.14444444 west. The property has carried multiple names over its history, and the shared coordinates reflect the same physical site. The ownership field documents TLC Casino Enterprises for both entries.
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