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29-587: Golden Nugget Lake Charles is the fifth Golden Nugget property, joining the original location in Downtown Las Vegas , and others in Laughlin, Nevada ; Atlantic City, New Jersey and Biloxi, Mississippi . Pinnacle Entertainment announced plans in 2006 to build Sugarcane Bay , a $ 350-million casino resort, next to its L'Auberge du Lac casino in Lake Charles. The plan was canceled in 2010, and Pinnacle returned

58-456: A new sportsbook retail location within the hotel. The location opened on September 1, 2022 and would be the largest Draft kings' retail sportsbook location in Louisiana . The casino floor at Golden Nugget Lake Charles features a 6-table poker room , 1,600 slot machines , 60 table games and high-limit gaming. Golden Nugget Lake Charles offers more than a dozen restaurants and bars, including

87-524: A number of Landry's-owned restaurants – Landry's Seafood, Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse, Saltgrass Steak House , Cadillac Bar & Grill, Grotto Ristorante, Lillie's Asian Cuisine, Claim Jumper Grill, The Buffet and others. The resort is also home to Louisiana's first Blue Martini, a Florida-based cocktail lounge . The 242-acre resort is also home to an 18-hole championship golf course, with driving range, club house, pro shop and dining room. Golden Nugget Las Vegas The Golden Nugget Las Vegas

116-542: A partnership with Mirage Resorts to build a $ 250-million casino targeted at budget-conscious visitors, on part of the site of the demolished Dunes on the Las Vegas Strip. It ultimately opened in 1996, following Gold Strike's merger with Circus Circus Enterprises as Monte Carlo Resort and Casino and was built as a joint venture between Mirage Resorts and Circus Circus Enterprises , and cost US$ 344 million to build. The resort sits on 44 acres (18 ha), occupied by

145-610: A regional tourism center along the Mississippi Gulf Coast . Beau Rivage was originally the name Wynn wanted to give the Bellagio, though he had decided on Bellagio after vacationing in the Italian region of the same name . Beau Rivage opened as the largest hotel-casino to be built outside Nevada. The casino was initially located on a series of floating barges as required by local law confining all casinos to mobile marine vessels at

174-531: A stake in the Nugget, which he increased so that, in 1973, he became the majority shareholder, and the youngest casino owner in Las Vegas and purchased the neighboring California Club in 1973 and combined the two properties under the former’s banner. In 1977, he opened the first hotel tower and the resort earned its first four-diamond rating from Mobil Travel Guide . It was the foundation for Wynn's rise to prominence in

203-478: Is a luxury hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas , Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience . The property is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc. It has 2,419 hotel rooms. The Golden Nugget was originally built in 1946, making it one of the oldest casinos in Las Vegas. Jackie Gaughan at one time owned a stake in the hotel as part of his many downtown properties. Steve Wynn bought

232-431: Is credited with starting a new spree of luxurious developments in Las Vegas. Among these developments include The Venetian , Mandalay Bay , and Paris Las Vegas . Wynn brought Mirage Resorts’ style to Biloxi , Mississippi in 1999, where he oversaw development of the 1,835-room Beau Rivage . Themed to blend Mediterranean beauty with Southern hospitality, the resort was part of a building boom that established Biloxi as

261-497: Is in the lobby of the Rush Tower. A total of five specialty restaurants were added: Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse, Grotto Ristorante, Lillie's Asian Cuisine, Red Sushi and Chart House. The Chart House has a view of one of the aquariums. The pool is a $ 30 million unique three-level adventure with an enclosed slide through a shark tank, hidden grottos, swim-up bars, jacuzzis and multi-depth areas. Tom Breitling and Tim Poster were

290-541: The Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector , was eventually built, Le Jardin was cancelled after the company was acquired in 2000 by MGM Grand Inc. , which later built the Borgata , in a joint venture with Boyd Gaming , on the site. Boardwalk Hotel and Casino was later acquired by Mirage Resorts in 1997. In October 1998, Wynn opened the even more opulent Bellagio , a $ 1.6 billion resort considered among

319-560: The Dunes Hotel golf course until its demolition in October 1993. In 1995, the company proposed to build the Le Jardin hotel-casino in the marina area if the state of New Jersey built a road that connected to the hotel-casino. The company had also agreed to allow Circus Circus Enterprises and Boyd Gaming to build casinos on the site, but later reneged on the agreement. While the road, called

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348-577: The Golden Nugget Laughlin . The sale closed on September 27, 2005. After the purchase, the Golden Nugget embarked on a 14-month, $ 100 million renovation project, which was completed in November 2006. In December 2007, the Golden Nugget completed its $ 70 million Phase II project, which expanded the resort west onto First Street and introduced additional entertainment, event and dining venues. Phase III

377-537: The British Royal Navy frigate 'HMS Britannia,' while the inside featured romantic tropical theming and 18th century Caribbean pirate theming. The establishment was the home of the first permanent Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas, and the show went on to be voted nine times as the best production show in the city by the Las Vegas Review-Journal reader's poll. In 1994, Gold Strike Resorts announced

406-402: The Golden Nugget, they began to upgrade the gambling operation by installing new cashless slot machines and by increasing the maximum bet available at table games to $ 15,000. Their story became the basis for The Casino , a television series on Fox that premiered on June 14, 2004. On February 4, 2005, Houston, Texas –based Landry's, Inc announced its intent to purchase the property and

435-480: The casino in 1981 amid a number of other gold nuggets. The casino's large hotel sign at its entrance off Fremont and Casino Center was removed in 1984 when the casino underwent renovations. The old sign presently sits at the YESCO signage yard. The expanded resort is built around two aquariums. The larger faces the swimming pool and incorporates a slide through the tank containing full-grown sharks. The smaller aquarium

464-416: The casino industry. Frank Sinatra periodically headlined at the Golden Nugget. The second hotel tower opened in 1984 along with the showroom, and the third tower was opened in 1989. In 2000, the Golden Nugget (and all of Mirage Resorts ' other properties) was sold to MGM Grand, Inc. (later named MGM Mirage ). Although the Golden Nugget was profitable, it was not part of the master expansion plan of

493-579: The company acquired the Nevada Club casino in Laughlin, Nevada , and re-branded it as the Golden Nugget Laughlin . Wynn's first major casino on the Las Vegas Strip was The Mirage , which opened in November 1989. It was the first time Wynn was involved with the design and construction of a casino, and he financed the $ 630 million project largely with high-yield bonds issued by Michael Milken . The resort's high cost and emphasis on luxury meant that it

522-505: The corporation which was focused on consolidating a long stretch of the Strip by acquiring Mandalay Resort Group, building City Center, and beginning construction in Macau. Gaming revenue on Fremont Street had peaked in fiscal year 1993. The Golden Nugget was sold in 2003, for $ 215 million to Poster Financial Group , owned by Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling . When Poster Financial assumed control of

551-578: The financing for the Mirage was obtained in cooperation with Michael Milken . After the Mirage, Wynn built the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino , which he opened in the Mirage's old parking lot in 1993, and overall cost $ 450 million. Intended to be family-friendly, the resort featured pools in front of the casino enacted the Battle of Buccaneer Bay with two full-scaled ships, the pirate ship 'Hispaniola' and

580-601: The gaming license to the state. In February 2011, the license was awarded to Creative Casinos LLC, the company of former Pinnacle chairman Dan Lee, for a $ 400-million casino named Mojito Pointe to be built on the Sugarcane Bay site. Ameristar Casinos purchased Creative Casinos in June 2012 for $ 32.5 million, after Lee had difficulty financing construction. The project was renamed Ameristar Lake Charles . In December 2012, Pinnacle agreed to acquire Ameristar. To obtain approval for

609-476: The highest profile successful entrepreneurs who profited in the downtown market during the last crisis. As recounted in Tom Breitling's book, Double or Nothing , the partners agreed to buy the Golden Nugget and had an agreement to sell the property after operating it for only one year. The partners made $ 113 million in profit, called the highest rate of return in such a short time in the gaming industry. However,

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638-513: The hotel became the exclusive venue for the Siegfried & Roy show in 1990, and in 1993 the hotel hosted the Cirque du Soleil show Nouvelle Expérience . Afterwards Wynn decided to invite Cirque to create Mystère for the soon-to-be-built Treasure Island resort next door. Following the completion of The Mirage in 1989 Steve Wynn changed the name of the company to Mirage Resorts, Inc. Much of

667-402: The merger from FTC antitrust regulators, Pinnacle agreed to the sale of two of the combined company's properties, including Ameristar Lake Charles. A sale agreement was reached with Landry's, Inc. , parent company of the Golden Nugget casinos, who agreed to pay the costs expended on the project's development to date. Landry's owner Tilman J. Fertitta announced improvements and upgrades to

696-403: The partners had a negative income for the year and the fortune was made while total revenue for downtown was still basically flat. Mirage Resorts Mirage Resorts (formerly Golden Nugget Companies ) was an American company that owned and operated hotel-casinos. It was acquired by MGM Grand, Inc. in 2000, forming MGM Mirage (now MGM Resorts International ). Golden Nugget Companies Inc.

725-497: The property, investing more than $ 600 million in the project, one of the most expensive construction endeavors in the United States at the time. In December 2013, construction topped out on the 25-story accommodations tower. Located just two hours from Houston, Fertitta had long desired a casino-resort near the headquarters of Landry's, Inc. The casino opened to the public on December 7, 2014. In August 2022, Draftkings' announced

754-471: The world’s most spectacular hotels. The architect was Jon Jerde of The Jerde Partnerships, and construction was handled by Mirage Resorts, Inc. When built, the Bellagio was the most expensive hotel in the world. In front of the hotel are the Fountains of Bellagio—shooting fountains choreographed to music that “dance” on the hotel’s 8.5 acre man-made lake—which are now considered Las Vegas landmarks. The Bellagio

783-440: Was considered high risk at the time, though the project ended up being enormously lucrative. The hotel, with its erupting volcano and South Seas theme, ignited a $ 12 billion building boom on the Strip. Its construction is also considered noteworthy in that Wynn had set a new standard for Vegas resorts, and when it opened The Mirage was the first casino to use security cameras full-time on all table games. Known for its entertainment,

812-762: Was formed by Steve Wynn in 1973. The company was created after Wynn acquired majority control of the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada . In 1980, the company opened the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in New Jersey but in 1987, Wynn's and the company's interest in Atlantic City did not last very long due to frustration with state gaming regulators. The property was sold to Bally's Entertainment , and eventually became Bally's Grand Hotel and Casino . In 1989,

841-585: Was the opening of the 500-room, $ 150 million Rush hotel Tower on November 20, 2009, along with the Chart House restaurant. The world's largest gold nugget on display, the Hand of Faith , is still shown today in the Golden Nugget lobby. Weighing 875 troy ounces (960 oz; 60.0 lb; 27,200 g) and 18 inches (46 cm) in length, the Hand of Faith was found near Kingower, Victoria , Australia , and put on display at

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