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The Western

Casino hotel in Nevada, United States

Field	Value
name	Western Hotel and Casino
theme	Western
address	899 Fremont Street
location	Las Vegas, NV 89101
pushpin_map	United States Downtown Las Vegas#Nevada
coordinates
image	The Western Hotel closed Oct 2012.jpg
rooms	116
date_opened	1970
date_closed	January 16, 2012
space_gaming	8925 sqft
owner	Barrick Gaming
casino_type	Land-Based
names_pre	Western Hotel & Bingo Parlor

The Western Hotel and Casino was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The 8925 sqft casino was owned and operated by the Barrick Gaming.

The Western was the lowest rung of Jackie Gaughan's low-roller casino empire that included the Las Vegas Club, The Plaza, the Gold Spike and El Cortez.

History

The Western opened in 1970 as the Western Hotel & Bingo Parlor and was owned by Jackie Gaughan and Mel Exber. At its opening, The Western was the world's largest bingo parlor with 1,020 seats.

Jackie Gaughan sold the hotel to Barrick Gaming in March 2004. The plans called for redeveloping the Western Hotel as a Latino destination resort. At the time, the AP said about the property, "On a stretch of despair that tourists in Las Vegas seldom see, the Western Hotel-Casino stands out as a beacon for the broke and nearly broken".

In 2005, The Tamares Group acquired total control of the hotel and casino through a lease from Barrick. In 2010 the hotel portion completely closed and redevelopment still remains uncertain to this day.

On November 15, 2011, the Tamares Group announced that "due to decreased demand at this location", The Western would close on January 16, 2012. Its future redevelopment is uncertain.

In March 2013, the property was purchased for $14 million by a company affiliated with Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project, a campaign to revitalize the Fremont Street area.

The hotel portion was demolished in 2013 while the casino portion remains standing as of 2024.

References

"Western Casino - Las Vegas". Western Casino.
"NEVADA GAMING COMMISSION database of square footage of casinos".
(March 1, 2004). "Jackie Gaughan's Four Downtown Las Vegas Hotel-casinos Acquired by Barrick Gaming for $82 million".
(30 June 2004). "Gritty Western Casino Survives in 'Underbelly' of Las Vegas".
(November 15, 2011). "Downtown Western Casino closing after 41 years".
Eli Segall. (March 21, 2013). "Tony Hsieh's group buys shuttered downtown casino for $14 million". Vegas Inc..
(September 24, 2013). "PHOTO: Western Hotel No More".

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