Abstract
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Boyd Gaming Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, clippings, financial reports, a press kit, press releases, and promotional materials for Boyd Gaming Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada, dating from 1986-2009.
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Scope and Contents Note
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Boyd Gaming Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, clippings, financial reports, a press kit, press releases, and promotional materials for Boyd Gaming Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada, dating from 1986-2009. This collection includes materials previously described as "Echelon Las Vegas", "Prospectus, 4,000,000 shares Boyd Gaming Corporation common stock ($.01 par value)", and "Prospectus, 8,000,000 shares Boyd Gaming Corporation common stock ($.01 par value)."
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Sam Boyd and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941 and he began working as a card dealer. He moved up to a pit boss and then to a shift boss and saved enough money to buy a small interest in the Sahara Hotel and Casino. He became general manager and partner at the Mint Hotel and Casino where he developed a number of marketing, gaming, and entertainment innovations. After the Mint was sold in 1968, Boyd managed the Eldorado Casino in Henderson, Nevada. He and his son Bill Boyd had purchased the property in 1962. Bill was a practicing attorney and did all of the casino's legal work and was thus able to buy a small interest in the hotel. Sam and Bill Boyd founded the Boyd Gaming Corporation on January 1, 1975, in order to build and operate the California Hotel and Casino located on the corner of First Street and Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. After practicing law for fifteen years, Bill gave up his profession to work full-time at the California Hotel and Casino. Looking for a niche for their new property, the Boyds decided to market to the under-served tourists of Hawaii, which was very successful. The Boyds purchased 13-acre desert parcel on Boulder Highway in 1976 to build their next hotel and casino, which they called Sam's Town. It opened in 1979 and became the most popular "locals" casino in the Las Vegas Valley. Sam Boyd, known as a leading businessman and innovator, is also remembered for giving back to his community. He helped introduce the United Way and the Boys and Girls Clubs to Las Vegas in the 1960s, and led the way in hiring women and African-Americans as dealers. Sam Boyd passed away in 1993, but the company remains under his son Bill's leadership.
Source:
"Company History," Boyd Gaming Corporation, last modified June 18, 2018, https://www.boydgaming.com/about-boyd-gaming/company-history
Preferred Citation
UNLV Libraries Collection of Boyd Gaming Promotional Materials and Reports, 1986-2009. MS-00942. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were acquired periodically by UNLV Special Collections and Archives from a variety of sources; accession number 2019-056.
Processing Note
In 2019 as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Miguel Dominguez and Autumn Bassett compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged material. Miguel Dominguez wrote the finding aid.