Little Caesars was a small independent casino and sports book in the Churchill Downs Shopping Center at 3665 Las Vegas Boulevard South. The Las Vegas Advisor’s recollections describe a storefront gambling business with table games as well as a betting counter, separate from the neighboring Churchill Downs book.
Little Caesars represents a kind of Strip gambling venue that is easy to lose sight of among resort histories: an independent operation fitted into a shopping center. Recognizing that distinction helps explain why historical accounts mention both Little Caesars and Churchill Downs at the same street address without referring to the same business.
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Las Vegas Advisor — Where Were Churchill Downs and Little Caesars Race/Sports Books?
Question of the Day, May 13, 2023: first-person recollections of the casino, shared shopping-center address and 1994 closure. Opening-year conflict with the March 29, 2021 recollection is retained. Checked October 31, 2026.
Published recollections disagree on the opening year, giving 1968 or 1970; the opening field is therefore left unspecified.
Closure is recorded at year precision as 1994.
The old shopping-center address does not establish an exact point within present-day redevelopment.