Second-largest locals operator; opened Cadence Crossing March 2026
Boyd Gaming operates 10 Las Vegas-area hotel-casinos plus the [[pub:triple-7|Triple 7 Restaurant & Microbrewery]] inside [[casino:main-street-station|Main Street Station]]. Founded 1975 by Sam Boyd (the [[casino:california-hotel|California Hotel]] was Boyd's first property; family-owned since); the company's namesake "founder property" — [[casino:sams-town|Sam's Town]] (1979) — is still in the portfolio and still on the original Boulder Highway site.
On March 25, 2026, Boyd opened [[casino:cadence-crossing|Cadence Crossing]] in Henderson — its first new Las Vegas casino in nearly 20 years. The 2004 Coast Casinos acquisition added [[casino:orleans|The Orleans]], [[casino:gold-coast|Gold Coast]], and [[casino:suncoast|Suncoast]] (originally Michael Gaughan's properties — Gaughan now runs [[casino:south-point|South Point]] independently).