Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino

The Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino was a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada owned and operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation. With only 196 rooms, it was one of the smaller properties on the Strip sitting on only 4.3 acres (17,000 m) of land. The property was traded to Harrah's Entertainment in 2007 for a 24 acres (97,000 m) of land on the north strip. The hotel and casino has been renamed to Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon. The casino was built by Michael Gaughan and it opened in March 1979 at a cost of $11.5 million. Over time, this property, along with others owned by Gaughan would become Coast Casinos Inc. Michael Gaughan shared partnership in the Barbary Coast with Kenny Epstein, Tito Tiberti, Frank Toti...