Dale McKenzie

Downtown Las Vegas Makeover: Fabulous Fergusons Motel Transformation

Video by Dale McKenzie on YouTube

Resorts, Businesses and Activities in this episode...

Wow, is Downtown Las Vegas reinventing itself! On a sunny spring Sunday, we happened upon the beautifully redone Fergusons Motel, on Fremont Street between 10th and 11th, except these days it is anything but a motel. It's a community gathering space, a free live music venue, a set of shops celebrating local artists and craftspeople, bars and restaurants, and absolutely no gambling! It's called Fergusons Downtown, and we LOVED exploring it: encountering the nicest people, the best food, the most unique items for sale...and we can't wait for YOU to visit it with us!

Just some of the venues featured...
Live Music in the Yard
Mothership Coffee Roasters
Peyote
All For Our Country
Mike's Recovery
The Noise Project
F The Bar
The Gather House
Desert Shadow Shop
Vegas Test Kitchen
11th Street Records

#lasvegasinsideandout #fergusonsdowntown #downtownlasvegas
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Opening segment:
The red and blue neon outline is by Thanakorn Jaroensup, courtesy of Pixabay.com:
neon-85828.mp4
The photo of the rainbow and red rocks is by esudroff, courtesy of Pixabay.com:
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All other video clips are our own.
The music is "Love or Lust", from the YouTube Audio Library.

PHOTO CREDITS:
Big Rig Jig at Burning Man, 2007: photo by Dr._Colleen_Morgan

The photo of the original Golden Goose is from the over50vegas.com website:
https://over50vegas.com/20_Fremont_Golden_Goose.html

The photos of the Franklin Motel in the 1950s, and Fergusons Motel in the 1960s, are from the vintagelasvegas.com website.

The postcards of the early Las Vegas Strip hotels are our own.

The photo of Fergusons Motel in 2014:
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/3/7/6267245/a-vintage-vegas-bar-is-going-into-fergusons-motel

The photo of Fergusons Motel marquee in 2016:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/construction-planned-for-fergusons-motel-in-downtown-las-vegas-still-yet-to-be-seen/

The photo of Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO, in 2009, is courtesy of Wikipedia:
By Delivering Happiness Book - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhbook/5493462402/sizes/m/in/photostream/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14518414

The logo for LinkExchange, circa 1998, is courtesy of Wikipedia:
By LinkExchange - LinkExchange, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48190921

The logo for Zappos.com is courtesy of Wikipedia:
By Zappos.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46189337

The photo of the Downtown Project offices in 2017 is by Kelley Ramsey.

The side view of Tony Hsieh in 2013:
Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press, via Associated Press

The photo of Jen Taler:
https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2020/mar/12/40-under-40-jen-taler-co-founder-creative-strategi/

The promo video about the Peyote Restaurant is from their website: https://www.peyotedtlv.com

The photos and renderings for the shareDowntown apartment complexes are from their website: https://www.sharedowntown.com
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Songs from the YouTube Audio Library featured in this video:
- One Step Closer - Aakash Gandhi
- Tiptoe_Out_the_Back
- Touching Moment

Songs/clips from the Epidemic Sound Audio Library:
ES_Endless Pt. 1 - Peter Sandberg
ES_Having Fun - The Fly Guy Five
ES_Summer Mind - Table Etiquette
ES_Auto Tires Squeal - SFX Producer
ES_First Baby Steps - Vendla
ES_Mystery Singers - More than Family
ES_Door Close Closet 1 - SFX Producer
ES_Wonderful Ways - Phoenix Tail
ES_In the Spirit of Cannes - The Flax
ES_Kitchen Ambiance 2 - SFX Producer
ES_City Sidewalk 2 - SFX Producer
ES_Sweet Lies - Gold In June
ES_We Belong - Gold In June
ES_Friends - Table Etiquette
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Cinematography: Dale McKenzie, Paula McKenzie
Editing, Voiceover, Post-Production: Dale McKenzie, Final Cut Pro X
Script, Research: Paula McKenzie
Cameras & Gear: iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 11 Pro Max in 4K; Lumix G9 in 4K video for the intro/outro; sound by Rode Wireless GO