Las Vegas casino ownership -- who owns what

Las Vegas Casino Ownership

A list of who owns what.

Last Update: December 2008

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

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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Boyd Group

California

Eldorado

Fremont

Joker's Wild

Sam's Town

Stardust

Cal-Neva

Bourbon Street

Thirstbuster's

Circus Circus properties

Circus Circus

Excalibur

Luxor

Monte Carlo

Coast Resorts

Barbary Coast

Gold Coast

Orleans

Suncoast

Plaza
Renata's

from the WizardOfOdds, 2005

Harrah's Entertainment

Harrah's

Rio

Leroy's

Ellis Island

Fitzgeralds

Four Queens

Golden Gate

Nevada Palace

Riviera

Royal

Sahara

San Remo

Silverton

Tropicana

Gold Rush

Hacienda

Magic Star

Railroad Pass

Skyline

The Mining Company

Barcelona

Silver Nugget

Speedway

MGM/Mandalay

Bellagio

Boardwalk

Golden Nugget

Mandalay Bay

MGM Grand

Mirage

New York New York

Treasure Island

Park Place Entertainment

Bally's

Caesars Palace

Flamingo Hilton

Las Vegas Hilton

Paris

Rampart

Cannery

Rampart

Station Casinos

Barley's

Boulder Station

Fiesta Henderson

Fiesta Rancho

Green Valley Ranch Station

Palace Station

Santa Fe Station

Sunset Station

Texas Station

Wild Wild West

Station Casinos

Barley's

Boulder Station

Fiesta Henderson

Fiesta Rancho

Green Valley Ranch Station

Palace Station

Santa Fe Station

Sunset Station

Texas Station

Wild Wild West

Stratosphere

Arizona Charlie's Boulder

Arizona Charlie's Decatur
Stratosphere

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