Boyd Gaming Opens Cadence Crossing Casino in Henderson on March 25
Boyd Gaming has confirmed March 25 as the opening date for Cadence Crossing, its newest Las Vegas area casino
Boyd Gaming has confirmed March 25 as the public opening date for Cadence Crossing, its newest Las Vegas area casino.
Located at 920 N. Boulder Highway in east Henderson, the property will open at noon. VIP guests will be welcomed earlier for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and property tour before the doors open to the general public. This headline comes just weeks after Boyd’s reported strong Q4 and 2025 revenue numbers.
The opening marks Boyd’s first new Las Vegas casino project in over a decade and its first ground-up development in the Las Vegas valley since the Stardust era on the Strip.
A New Casino for a Fast-Growing Community
Cadence Crossing is situated within the Cadence master-planned community, which ranked third nationally for new-home sales in 2025. The surrounding neighborhood represents exactly the kind of growing residential base that the Las Vegas locals’ casino model is built around, and Boyd has been targeting this site for several years.
The new casino replaces Jokers Wild, Boyd’s previous property on the same site. Jokers Wild had operated continuously throughout the construction of the new facility. The site has a long history in Henderson gaming.
The property originally operated as the Cattle Baron before Boyd acquired and renovated it, reopening it as Joker’s Wild in 1993. Earlier this year, Boyd’s sold their Shreveport location to Bally’s, so it’s clear there is a big focus on Nevada.
Cadence Crossing spans 24,000 square feet and will open with 450 slot machines. Table games will not be available at launch, though Boyd has not ruled out adding them in future phases. Several food and beverage outlets will serve the property and the surrounding neighborhoods from opening day.
Boyd’s Broader 2026 Investment Strategy
The Cadence Crossing opening is one piece of a wider capital investment push Boyd outlined during its fourth-quarter earnings call in early February. CEO Keith Smith described 2025 as a success and expressed confidence that 2026 would build on that momentum, citing both organic property improvements and potential consumer spending benefits from federal tax legislation passed last year.
Boyd spent $588 million on property investments across its portfolio in 2025, including $148 million in the fourth quarter alone. CFO Josh Hirsberg signaled that the company expects customers to continue spending closer to home in 2026, a trend that drove performance in both Nevada and the Midwest and South segments throughout the prior year.
In Nevada, Boyd is also completing a modernization project at its Suncoast property in Summerlin, with that work expected to finish in the third quarter. Room renovations at The Orleans are scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter, with a full modernization launch planned for 2027.
Excluding The Orleans’ hotel headwinds, Boyd’s Las Vegas locals segment posted EBITDAR margins above 50% in the fourth quarter, with nearly 2.5% growth.
Growth Outside Nevada
Boyd’s development pipeline extends well beyond the Las Vegas valley. The company recently opened a transitional casino in North Fork, Virginia, where a $150 million full resort project is underway. That development will include a 200-room hotel and is expected to be completed in late 2027.
In Illinois, Boyd has outlined plans for a $160 million facility at its Par-A-Dice Casino site in East Peoria. The proposal calls for relocating the casino floor to a permanently moored barge on the Illinois River. Subject to state gaming regulatory approval, construction could begin in 2027 with an opening targeted for 2028.
Boyd will also benefit in 2026 from a full year of contributions at its meeting and convention center expansion at Ameristar St. Charles in Missouri, as well as incremental revenues from hotel and food and beverage improvements across its Midwest and South properties. The expansion of Sky River Casino in northern California, which opened earlier this year, is projected to contribute between $110 million and $114 million in EBITDAR for 2026.
Boyd’s last Las Vegas casino project before Cadence Crossing was the former Stardust site, which the company sold in 2013 to Malaysia-based Genting. That property eventually opened as Resorts World Las Vegas in 2021.
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