Former type Public Owner Pinnacle Entertainment Successor Pinnacle Entertainment | Headquarters Verdi Founded 1988 Defunct 30 June 1997 | |
Industry Entertainment & Hospitality Fate Merged with Hollywood Park, Inc. | ||
Boomtown, Inc. was a gaming company based in Verdi, Nevada and was the headquarters of Boomtown Reno. It was acquired on June 30, 1997 by Hollywood Park, Inc. (now Pinnacle Entertainment) for $188 million.
The company agreed on January 19, 1995 to buy National Gaming for $500 million, to be partly financed by Hospitality Franchise Systems, which had spun off National months earlier. Boomtown cancelled the deal on April 4, 1995 because of shareholder objections.
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