California Hotel and Casino
The California Hotel and Casino opened in 1975 at a cost of $10 million with a hotel and casino located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada near the Fremont Street Experience, two years after a similar named Fremont Street casino, California Club was sold to the Golden Nugget. When it opened it had 325 rooms which has since been expanded to 781.
The hotel casino in September 2009
Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd, who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after retiring as CEO in January 2008.
Boyd Gaming's current headquarters in unincorporated Spring Valley, a Las Vegas suburb
Boyd Gaming's Executive headquarters at Howard Hughes Center
A Western Pacific Airlines jet in the Sam's Town color scheme, c. 1997