Barbary Coast Casino
| The Cromwell Las Vegas | |
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The Cromwell Las Vegas (foreground) in 2014
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| Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Address | 3595 South Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Opening date | April 21, 2014 |
| No. of rooms | 188 |
| Total gaming space | 40,010 sq ft (3,717 m2) |
| Signature attractions |
Drai’s Beach Club & Nightclub Drai’s After Hours |
| Notable restaurants | Giada |
| Owner | Caesars Entertainment Corporation |
| Previous names | Barbary Coast (1979–2007) Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon (2007–2013) |
| Renovated in | 2001, 2007, 2014 |
| Coordinates | 36°6′54″N 115°10′19″W / 36.11500°N 115.17194°WCoordinates: 36°6′54″N 115°10′19″W / 36.11500°N 115.17194°W |
| Website | caesars |
The Cromwell Las Vegas (formerly Barbary Coast and Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon) is a luxury boutique hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
The property was the site of Empey's Desert Villa from 1952. In 1979, it became Barbary Coast. The casino was built by Michael Gaughan and opened on March 2, 1979 at a cost of $11.5 million. Over time, this property, along with others owned by Gaughan would become Coast Casinos Inc. Gaughan shared partnership in the Barbary Coast with Kenny Epstein, Tito Tiberti, Frank Toti and Jerry Herbst.
In July 2005, Boyd Gaming purchased the Barbary Coast Hotel.
In September 2005, Boyd purchased the 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) of land the hotel occupied for $16 million. The hotel had previously been leasing the land.
In 2007, Boyd gave the Barbary Coast to Harrah's Entertainment in exchange for the 11-acre (4.5 ha) site of the demolished Westward Ho, to be used for the Echelon Place project.
The Barbary Coast closed at 2:00 a.m. on February 27 and reopened on March 1 as the newly rebranded Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon, in honor of company founder Bill Harrah.
After nearly six years of continuous operations, Bill's closed on February 4, 2013, for complete renovation into a luxury boutique hotel. Plans called for complete renovation of the entire property, the guest rooms and casino floor, a new restaurant, and construction of a 65,000 square foot rooftop pool and dayclub/nightclub.
Caesars announced in March 2013 that the hotel would be renovated at a cost of $185 million and converted to an outpost of the New York-based Gansevoort Hotels chain of boutique luxury hotels, with 188 rooms, a 40,000 square foot casino, and a 65,000 square foot indoor/outdoor beach club/nightclub overseen by Victor Drai. In October 2013, however, Caesars terminated its agreement with Gansevoort and said that it would continue the redevelopment of Bill's without the Gansevoort name. The move came after Massachusetts gambling regulators recommended denying Caesars a license for a proposed casino at the Suffolk Downs racetrack, due to alleged connections between one of the Gansevoort's investors and the Russian mafia.
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