Apart from the bargain-seeking gambler, Downtown has little else to offer right now.
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So what you hear from the locals is, oh my God, I didn't know that downtown has changed so much.
Reno has found the money to spruce up parts of downtown and has turned its river into a white-water canoeing course.
This is not to say that downtown LA has all of a sudden become as attractive and walkable a downtown as the likes of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or Boston.
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And Chicago chef Rick Bayless, who has been long content to limit his Mexican food empire to the city's downtown, has just announced the opening of two new restaurants at O'Hare.
"Downtown Dubai has matured quite a lot over the past 18 months, " Ms. Everett-Allen said.
Ever since, the historic course from Hopkinton to downtown Boston has been special to her.
Water Front Bikes in downtown Portland has the largest collection, including tandems if you want to ride with a partner.
The earthy restaurant, about a 10-minute drive from downtown, has long established itself as a premier vegetarian restaurant in the city.
The downtown satellite has expanded since it first opened in February 2008.
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Fortunately this incredibly concise downtown area has four standout hotels that are within walking distance of the main attractions.
Another drag on earnings: traffic on the high-speed airport-to-downtown railway has been below expectations, due to the squeeze on travel during the Asian Crisis.
This sprawling downtown spot has 16, 000 square feet of space filled with 70 high-definition TVs, multiple bars, several different rooms and a rooftop patio with a skyline view.
And, although the downtown installation has an old-fashioned aura that couldn't be further from the sophisticated Park Avenue display, both projects alter the spectator's normal perspective on a well-known neighborhood.
Downtown Louisville has undergone a renaissance in recent years, thanks to a handful of new hotels and museums as well as Fourth Street Live , a lively -- though somewhat touristy -- strip between Liberty St. and Muhammad Ali Blvd. with English pubs and piano bars, two-step joints, high-end lounges and restaurants within staggering distance of other attractions.
The Eastern Columbia is a downtown landmark that has sat nearly empty for the last 30 years.
The site, about a mile outside downtown Deadwood, has become a popular stop for tourists and schoolchildren.
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The downtown area today has precious few places to park a car (and the civic architecture is most charitably described as mediocre).
Lynch said his downtown facility now has a generator system robust enough to power the entire building for three weeks, including the air conditioning.
Today, "downtown dance" has stretched down to Brooklyn and up to Queens, so Mr. Varone is luring its denizens back to the Upper East Side.
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An influx of young professionals has transformed its downtown area in the past decade, and the gentrification has begun to spread to other neighborhoods.
Longley Elementary School in the heart of downtown Lewiston, Maine has a diverse population of about 325 students.
Maguire Properties owns the seven largest buildings in downtown Los Angeles and has shown signs of being open to an acquisition.
He points to downtown Binghamton, which has theaters, art galleries and a baseball stadium, home of the Double-A farm team for the Mets.
Dallas averages 96 degree highs during July and August, four degrees hotter than Houston, which nonetheless has daily downtown employees walking from their cars to their office buildings through air-conditioned breezeways.
If the festival has you thirsty for more cold weather activities, head over to Gatineau Park (Quebec-side), just 15 minutes from downtown Ottawa, which has more than 200 km of cross country ski trails - one of the biggest networks in North America.
Knight Frank currently has a listing for a home within walking distance of downtown and the main beach of Luz that has four en-suite bedrooms with balconies, an in-ground pool and a patio overlooking the water.
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The condo has a decidedly downtown feel, with two loft balconies, reached by two different staircases.
The Egyptian Museum, which opened in downtown Cairo in 1902, has long had too little exhibition space.
The downtown Market Street corridor that has long drawn commercial tenants is starting to draw more residents.
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