Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino
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| Number of rooms | 197 | |
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| Theme | 1890s San Francisco | |
| Gaming space | 30,000 square feet | |
| Permanent show(s) | Free lounge entertainment | |
| Signature attraction(s) | Big Elvis, a 600+ pound Elvis impersonator | |
| Notable restaurant(s) | Drai's Michael's The Victorian Room |
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| Owner | Boyd Gaming Corporation | |
| Date opened | 1979 | |
| Casino type | Land-Based | |
| Major renovation(s) | 2001 | |
| Previous name(s) | None | |
| Casino website | barbarycoastcasino.com | |
The Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino was a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built in 1979 and was owned and operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation. With only 196 rooms, it was one of the smaller properties on the strip. With its old wood and stained glass interior, it was one of the few establishments on the Strip to offer the feeling of the old Las Vegas.
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[edit] History
On February 9, 2004, Boyd Gaming announced that they would purchase Coast Casinos Inc., a Las Vegas locals casino brand, for $820 million. The hotels included in this deal were the Barbary Coast, the Gold Coast, the Suncoast, the Orleans, and the South Coast, which was under construction at the time. The buyout was complete on July 1, 2005 at a cost of $1.2 billion.
On September 6, 2005, Boyd Gaming purchased the 4.3 acres (17,000 m²) of land under the hotel for $16 million. The hotel had been leasing the land prior to this point.
On October 2, 2006, Boyd Gaming announced plans to swap their Barbary Coast hotel for Harrah's Entertainment's 24-acre parcel on and around the site of the former Westward Ho next to Boyd's Stardust. With the Westward Ho parcel, Boyd would have 87 contiguous acres on the Strip to complete their Echelon Place resort, the replacement for their Stardust property [1].
On February 7, 2007, the Nevada Gaming Control Board gave approval to the plan for Boyd Gaming to swap the Barbary Coast with Harrah's 24-acre site next door to Boyd's Stardust property [2].
The Barbary Coast casino was closed at 2AM on February 27, 2007 after the acquisition was finalized. The hotel and casino were rebranded as Bill's Gamblin Hall and Saloon, in honor of Harrah's founder Bill Harrah, and reopened March 1, 2007 under Harrah's ownership [3].
[edit] Trivia
The Flaming Lips' "Halloween on the Barbary Coast" from Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992) was written after the band was kicked out of Caesars Palace due to a lack of personal hygiene. The motley bunch ventured across Las Vegas Boulevard to Barbary Coast where striking hotel employees heckled them, told them crossing a picket line was 'un-American' and declared over a mega phone "Look everybody ... It's Halloween on the Barbary Coast!"
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[edit] References
- ^ Las Vegas Review-Journal October 3, 2006
- ^ Las Vegas Review-Journal February 8, 2007
- ^ Press Release March 1, 2007
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