The Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel was a hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip. It was owned and operated by Station Casinos. While the casino and adjoining 260-room hotel were relatively small, the site is over 58 acres (23 ha)[3] in size.
The Wild Wild West Plaza is located in the parking area and provides services common to a convenience store.
History
Built in 1974,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
In 1996, J.A. Tiberti Construction Company purchased the King 8 from Starwood Lodging Trust.[7][8] 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.[7] The hotel's 250 employees had to reapply for their jobs under Station Casinos.[9] The King 8 closed on July 1, 1998, to allow for remodeling.[9][10] A new sportsbook and restaurant were among the improvements made at the King 8, which reopened as the Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel on July 13, 1998.[10]
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 acres (45 ha) 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.[11]
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.[12][13]
On September 2, 2022, Station announced that it would close and demolish Wild Wild West[14] to prepare the site for future development, in connection with adjoining acreage.[15][16] It closed on September 7, 2022.[17][18] In April 2023, Station agreed to sell 49 acres (20 ha) 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.[19][20]