Derek and Greg Stevens, owners of the D and Golden Gate hotels, have purchased the downtown slot houses Mermaids and La Bayou, along with the Girls of Glitter Gulch topless club with an eye toward building a new casino on Fremont Street.

Still in the early planning stages, there are no details, or even a name, yet for the new resort. The brothers have said only that they’ll build the new resort from the ground up. Mermaids, La Bayou and the Girls of Glitter Gulch will all close June 27.

Project Neon: The Nevada Department of Transportation is set to begin work on “Project Neon,” a $1 billion overhaul of the I-15 roadway snarl near downtown known as the “Spaghetti Bowl.”

While the finished project is expected to reduce travel delays by 28 percent, there’ll be a price to pay in associated traffic disruptions until its conclusion in 2019.

Snack bar gone: As part of the renovation of the casino floor at the California, the snack bar has been removed. Slot machines now occupy that area, and there’s no indication that the snack bar, which was one of downtown’s best, will be opened in another spot.

Bertha hits: This doesn’t happen too often, but the giant “Big Bertha” slot machine at the Golden Nugget hit for $50,000. The oversized machine that’s stood at the northeast entrance to the casino for years is one of the few of its kind still in operation.

Question: Is it true that a city in Nevada is for sale? How much?

Answer: The town of Cal-Nev-Ari, off Highway 95 about 70 miles from Las Vegas on the way to Laughlin, is for sale with an $8 million asking price. The package includes more than 500 acres of undeveloped land, a restaurant, bar, convenience store, post office, mobile home/RV park, 10-room motel, a casino with an nonrestricted gaming license, and a dirt airstrip. The town was on the market for $17 million in 2010 but didn’t sell.

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