Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

Eldorado Related Stories

  • The Eldorado, which has remained shuttered since the government mandated coronavirus closure in March, is undergoing renovations in downtown Henderson,  Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.
    Rebranding the Eldorado: New owner modernizing popular landmark on Water Street
    In the side parking lot of the old Eldorado Casino site in Henderson’s Water Street District lay what’s left of the sign that used to hang on the back entrance of the property. New ownership is modernizing the building in a $5 million renovation, and that starts by ...
  • One of the many sculptured angels is shown at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.
    New Caesars CFO: Some job cuts coming, but company is 'bullish on Las Vegas'
    The merger of Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Corp. will result in a reduction of jobs, but the new company plans to make cuts as “compassionately and transparently as possible." Before layoffs resulting from the coronavirus pandemic ...
  • An exterior view of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.
    Eldorado finishes $17.3B buyout of Caesars Entertainment
    A Nevada company that started in 1973 with a single hotel-casino in Reno announced Monday it has completed a $17.3 billion buyout of Caesars Entertainment Corp. and ...
  • In this Jan. 12, 2015, file photo, a man takes pictures of Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
    Nevada's Eldorado Resorts gets approval to become gambling giant
    A $17.3 billion buyout creating the world’s biggest casino company won final approval Friday, with New Jersey gambling regulators agreeing to let Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. acquire Caesars Entertainment Corp. It comes after an antitrust analyst had assured the New Jersey Casino Control Commission that the deal affecting four of the nine casino-resorts in Atlantic City would not ...
  • This April 1, 2015, file photo, shows an entrance to the Caesars casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
    New Jersey regulators take up Eldorado plan to buy Caesars
    New Jersey gambling regulators began Wednesday to consider Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s plan to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a ...
  • Bingo at the Eldorado Casino in downtown Henderson on Friday, June 22, 2012.
    Happy birthday, Eldorado! Henderson casino turns 50
    The Eldorado marked the beginning of Boyd Gaming, which now owns 17 casinos. It was one of the first casinos to market itself to locals. And it was among the first casinos in the valley to hire women dealers. The casino turns 50 today and now features many of the blinking casino signs that hung on its walls during the 1960s. Antiques emblazoned with the casino’s logo decorate shelves. Old-fashioned mechanical slot machines line the main gaming floor. They no longer work, but they remind visitors of the casino’s history. A large part of the Eldorado’s charm remains its intimate ...