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Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada.The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's granddaughter, Marianne Boyd-Johnson, who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after her father, Bill, was appointed Chairman Emeritus in May 2023.
With the construction and completion of Boyd's California Hotel and Casino in 1975, he and his son co-founded Boyd Gaming, which would become one of the largest gambling and casino management corporations in the world. Several hotel-casinos branded Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, along with UNLV's Sam Boyd Stadium, are named in his honor.
The fourth Sam's Town was a riverboat casino that operated in Kansas City, Missouri, from September 1995 until July 1998. [8] It was branded as Sam's Town Gambling Hall, Kansas City. The fifth Sam's Town opened in May 2004 after Boyd Gaming acquired an existing property in Shreveport, Louisiana, from Harrah's Entertainment.
The California is owned by Boyd Gaming, [1] and was the company's first property in downtown Las Vegas. [2] It was developed by a group of stockholders led by Sam Boyd, who held 25 percent ownership. His son, Bill Boyd, held another 25 percent. [3] The 11-story [4] hotel tower was topped off in September 1974.
The facility was opened on May 25, 1994, [1] by Boyd Gaming as the third casino branded as Sam's Town [a] and the first casino opened by Boyd outside of Nevada. It was built to replicate a Western town; at the time it opened it was 400,000 square feet (37,000 m 2) in size with a 200-room hotel.
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Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, also known as Sam's Town Las Vegas, is a hotel and locals casino in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, [1] located east of Las Vegas. It is named after Sam Boyd, and is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. It includes a 120,681 sq ft (11,211.6 m 2) casino, a nine-story hotel with 646 rooms, and an RV park.
In 1983, Sam Boyd bought the Fremont to add to his Boyd Gaming group properties. [3] The Fremont Hotel and Casino is one of the casinos and hotels currently located in Downtown Las Vegas that is part of the Fremont Street Experience. The casino is located on what is commonly referred to as the four corners.