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Samuel A. Boyd (April 23, 1910 – January 15, 1993) was an American entrepreneur, casino manager and developer. He was noted for introducing successful marketing, gambling and entertainment innovations into the casino gambling industry , as well as building one of the largest and most successful casino empires in the world.
Sam Bradford Boyd (August 12, 1914 – June 8, 2001) was an American football player and coach. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1939 NFL Draft. [1] He served as the head football coach of the Baylor University from 1956 to 1958, compiling a record of 15–15–1.
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.
Sam Boyd Stadium (formerly the Las Vegas Silver Bowl) is a closed football stadium in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas. [ 4 ]
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.
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.
Sam's Town was announced in April 1978. [2] Named after local businessman Sam Boyd, it would be operated by him and his son Bill, owners of the California hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas and the Eldorado casino in nearby Henderson. [3] Bill Boyd traveled between the two casinos daily along Boulder Highway, where he owned one-fourth of a five ...
Love Life is an American romantic comedy anthology television series created by Sam Boyd and starring Anna Kendrick that premiered on the HBO Max streaming service on May 27, 2020. [1] The series follows a different person each season from their first romance until their last romance and "how the people we're with along the way make us into who ...