Everything else on this site costs nothing. These cost a little, and we list them because what you get is far bigger than the price.
$3The 1855 adobe fort where Las Vegas began, beside a rebuilt stretch of the creek that fed it. A small visitor center has the artifacts and the story.
Three dollars for the oldest building in Nevada is a fair deal. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 8 am to 4:30 pm, and it sits a short walk from the last of the restored neon signs.
Source: Nevada State Parks
$4The double-decker bus that runs the full length of the Strip and on to Fremont Street, around the clock. A single ride is the cheapest tour of the boulevard.
Take the front seats upstairs after dark, when the signs are lit. If you are coming back the same way, the 2-hour pass at $6 costs less than two singles.
Source: RTC Southern Nevada
$3The city's indoor public pool on Bonanza Road, a few blocks north of Fremont Street. Adults pay $3 for a swim, and seniors pay $2.
The cheapest way out of a 110-degree afternoon that is not a casino floor. Check the open swim hours on the city page first, because lessons and teams take lanes.
Source: City of Las Vegas
$0.25Walking in is free. Playing costs 25 or 50 cents a game on machines from the 1950s to the 1990s, and the nonprofit that runs the hall keeps them working.
Two dollars in quarters buys close to an hour. Start with the older machines, which cost a quarter and are harder to find anywhere else.
Source: Pinball Hall of Fame
The free signs on Las Vegas Boulevard are a sample. The Boneyard holds the Stardust, Moulin Rouge and Sahara signs in one lot, close enough to see the bulbs and rust, and the night visits show them lit. Nothing free in town tells the city's story this well.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
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