Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel

History

Built in 1974, the property originally operated as the King 8 Hotel and Casino. The King 8 was owned by Will Roberts and Olind Jenni, who also owned a King 8 hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska. In February 1988, the King 8 was purchased by the Los Angeles-based Hotel Investors Trust, which planned improvements of the hotel-casino at a cost between $15 million and $17 million.

In 1996, J.A. Tiberti Construction Company purchased the King 8 from Starwood Lodging Trust. In May 1998, after several months of discussions, Station Casinos announced a partnership agreement to lease the property from Tiberti and take over operations. At the time, the King 8 had 283 hotel rooms, a coffee shop, and 230 slot and video poker machines. The hotel's 250 employees had to reapply for their jobs under Station Casinos. The King 8 closed on July 1, 1998, to allow for remodeling.

In 2005, Station Casinos started purchasing land next to the property it already owned. While no specific plans were announced, it was widely expected that this indicated a major redevelopment at the location.

By 2008, the site had evolved to nearly 1/2-square-mile or 110 acre at a cost of $335 million. With a working title of Viva, the three casino, hotel condo arena project would cost $10 billion to develop.

Stations Casinos reached an agreement with Days Inn in 2009 to market the casino hotel under the Days Inn brand. The hotel was branded as Days Inn by Wyndham – Las Vegas at Wild Wild West Gambling Hall. As part of the negotiations, the rooms were remodeled to bring them up to Days Inn standards.

On September 2, 2022, Station announced that it would close and demolish Wild Wild West to prepare the site for future development, in connection with adjoining acreage. It closed on September 7, 2022. In April 2023, Station agreed to sell 49 acres of the site to the Oakland Athletics, to be developed as a stadium for the team's anticipated relocation to Las Vegas only for this to be changed to the Tropicana Las Vegas a month later.

References

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