The Wild Wild West Gambling Hall closed its doors last year. The Oakland A’s announced late Wednesday that it has agreed in principle to purchase the site, where the organization announced tentative plans to build a new stadium, which would open for the 2027 Major League Baseball season.
Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 | 4:44 p.m.
Red Rock Resorts announced Friday that it plans to close the Wild Wild West Gambling Hall and Hotel.
Red Rock, the parent company of Station Casinos, said it plans to raze the Wild Wild West complex, which sits along Tropicana Avenue about a mile west of the Strip.
The company said it has plans for a larger development on the 20-acre Wild Wild West site, which will be part of a 100-acre assemblage of land it controls near Tropicana and the I-15.
The property will close its doors Wednesday night. The company did not offer a timeline for any future development at the site.
“Development parcels of this caliber are simply not available in Las Vegas any longer,” said Scott Kreeger, president of Station Casinos, in a statement. “We are excited to take this first step to reposition the property for future development.”
Kreeger said Wild Wild West’s employees will have the opportunity to be absorbed by other Station properties.
In July, Station announced plans to demolish three Las Vegas Valley casinos — Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, and Fiesta Henderson — that have remained closed since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
Days after that announcement, the company said it completed the purchase of 126 acres of land south of the Strip, which could eventually be home to a new resort casino.
That piece of land, which was purchased for $172 million, is southwest of the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue, not far from the South Point.
It’s near a 60-acre plot already owned by Station.
Station also broke ground earlier this year on its Durango Casino and Resort complex, which will go up near the 215 Beltway and Durango Drive.
In addition to the casino properties it plans to raze, Station owns Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch, Palace Station, Boulder Station, Sunset Station and Santa Fe Station.
