Construction on Cadence Crossing, the Henderson casino slated to replace Jokers Wild, remains on track for a mid-2026 opening, parent company Boyd Gaming said.
The 34-year-old Boulder Highway property, which will have 450 slot machines and several as-yet-unidentified food and beverage outlets, is being built in phases that will match the pace of development of the Cadence subdivision west of the casino, which Boyd has called the fastest-growing master-planned community in the country.
Eventually, the company plans to attach a hotel with an unspecified number of rooms to the casino.
The 50,000-square-foot project with a 10,000-square-foot casino is Boyd’s first development in 20 years. The company unveiled plans for the project in its second-quarter earnings call in July 2024, and ground was broken on the project in April. The project and other renovations on an out-of-state property are expected to be covered by a $100 million capital expenditure allocation on the company’s balance sheet.
Boyd dominates the Boulder Highway area, and also owns Sam’s Town about six miles northwest among its 10 locals and downtown Las Vegas properties. It also owns Boulder Highway’s Eastside Cannery, but in October the company announced it was permanently closing the 17-year-old, 16-story, 307-room hotel property and converting the land to a residential development.
The Eastside Cannery was a victim of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, never reopening after casinos across the state closed for 78 days to stop the spread of the disease.
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