Just east of the Fremont Street Experience is a small business district called, not surprisingly, Fremont East. For years, it’s been the seedy side of Fremont Street, but it seems to be steadily improving. The highlight of the area is the El Cortez Hotel & Casino, once owned by the gangsters Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum, and Moe Sedway (Bugsy also owned the original Flamingo Hilton and was made famous in the movie “Bugsy”).