Boyd Gaming to demolish Eastside Cannery hotel-casino after five-year closure

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After 5 years of uncertainty, Boyd Gaming has confirmed plans to demolish the Eastside Cannery hotel-casino on Boulder Highway.

WATCH | Boyd Gaming confirms Eastside Cannery demolition plans

Boyd Gaming to Demolish Eastside Cannery Hotel-Casino after 5-Year Closure

Shuttered in the course of the pandemic, the on line casino has not been open for greater than 5 years. A Boyd Gaming spokesperson tells Channel 13, “there is not sufficient market demand to reopen the facility.”

“Given this, we are finalizing plans to demolish the building,” the spokesperson wrote in an e-mail confirming stories of the demolition plans.

The lodge and on line casino opened in 2008 in the identical spot Nevada Palace used to face from 1979 till it closed its doorways and have become the Eastside Cannery. Boyd Gaming acquired the property, in addition to the Cannery hotel-casino on Craig Road, in 2016.

The on line casino had its gaming license prolonged as not too long ago as May 2024, when Channel 13 reporter Ryan Ketcham talked to locals about their hopes the Eastside Cannery would possibly in the future reopen.

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“I used to go when it was Nevada Palace, so I’ve been here for a pretty good bit of time, watching them build it,” stated Jesse Woods, who lives off of Boulder Highway.

As for what’s subsequent, Boyd Gaming’s spokesperson tells us the corporate is “currently in discussions to sell the site for residential use.”