He has plans to bring a hotel to the property within a year-and-a-half.Īll of the changes have taken place since Boyd struck a deal in December to sell the Eldorado to DeSimone Gaming. More changes are on the horizon, owner Joe DeSimone said in an interview Monday. The Pass’ new ownership group, DeSimone Gaming, spent $7 million on renovations to overhaul the previously slots-only casino, offering new restaurants, a new sportsbook, 80 percent new gaming machines, table games, an event space and two bars. The opening marks the latest chapter in the history of the Water Street property. The former Eldorado, then owned by Boyd Gaming Corp., closed last March due to the pandemic. Minutes later, the former Eldorado Casino reopened Thursday night for the first time as The Pass. “OK, enough, get the doors open,” one woman remarked with a happy chuckle.
They had been waiting a year to return to their local spot, after all. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) dozens of people waiting outside to enter The Pass on Thursday evening grew mildly impatient. Server Audrea Doan delivers drinks to guests during the VIP opening party for The Pass casino on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Henderson.
