Opened 1973 | Opening date 1973 Casino type Land Total gaming space 1,858 m² | |
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Closing date October 31, 1999; 17 years ago (October 31, 1999) Similar Westward Ho Hotel and Casino, Silver Slipper, El Rancho Vegas, Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, Klondike Hotel and Casino | ||
The Silver City Casino was a casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada.
History
Major Riddle opened the Silver City Casino in 1974 in the place of Riata Casino, which had opened in 1973 and closed in less than a year. Circus Circus Enterprises purchased the casino for $30 million, then refurbished both the interior and exterior. In 1991 it became the strip's first casino to ban cigarette smoking.
In early 1997, investment group United Leisure, bought the 8.5-acre property where the Silver City Casino sat, with plans to develop a hotel-casino on the property. Circus Circus Enterprises closed the casino on October 31, 1999. The casino was purchased again for $30 million in 1999 by Luke Brugnara who subsequently failed to obtain a gaming license.
The casino was demolished in 2004 to make way for a shopping center known as Silver City Plaza. As of 2015, a marquee for Silver City still stands on Convention Center Drive.
