Originally posted on 07/25/2010:



Las Vegas Casino Ownership

A list of who owns what. Last Update: December 2009
The Strip

A whopping 17 of the 26 strip casinos are owned by just two companies. Bye-bye, competition! MGM Mirage

  • Aria
  • Bellagio
  • Excalibur
  • Luxor
  • Mandalay Bay
  • MGM Grand
  • The Mirage
  • Monte Carlo
  • New York New York
  • Treasure Island

In 2005 the MGM & Mandalay companies merged, creating the largest gaming company in the world at that time, with 28 properties in five states, annual revenues of $6 billion, and control of 40% of the slots, 44% of the table games, and 36,000 of the 73,000 rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.

Harrah's

  • Bally's
  • Caesars Palace
  • Flamingo
  • Harrah's
  • Imperial Palace
  • O'Sheas
  • Paris
  • Rio
  • Harrah's (Laughlin)

The 2005 merger between Caesars & Harrah's surpassed MGM/Mandalay to create the largest gaming company in the world, with 40 properties over 100,000 employees.
Barrick Gaming(all downtown)

  • Plaza
  • Vegas Club
  • Gold Spike
  • The Western

These had been owned by Jackie Gaughan but were sold in March 2004 for $82 million, along with 35 acres of land and two downtown motels. Gaughan retains control of the El Cortez.

Boyd Gaming

  • California (downtown)
  • Fremont (downtown)
  • Main Street Station (downtown)
  • Orleans (off-strip)
  • Gold Coast (off-strip)
  • Sam's Town (off-strip)
  • Eldorado (Henderson)
  • Joker's Wild (Henderson)
  • Sam's Town Gold River (Laughlin)
  • Stardust (Strip, imploded)

Boyd Gaming and Coast Casinos merged in Feb. 2004 in a deal reportedly worth $1.3 billion. Coast had Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans, and Suncoast. Boyd had Stardust, Fremont, California, Main St. Station, Sam's Town, Joker's Wild, the Eldorado in Henderson, half of the Borgata in Atlantic City, and casinos in the Midwest and South.
Station Casinos

  • Aliante Station (jointly owned w/Greenspun)
  • Boulder Station
  • Palace Station
  • Santa Fe Station
  • Texas Station
  • Red Rock Casino
  • Fiesta Rancho
  • Wild Wild West
  • Wildfire
  • Fiesta Henderson
  • Sunset Station
  • Green Valley Ranch
  • Barley's
  • The Greens
  • Gold Rush
  • Magic Star
  • Lake Mead
  • Renata's Casino
  • Thunder Valley (Lincoln, CA)



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