Boyd Gaming Begins Construction of Cadence Crossing Casino

By Scott Roeben, on April 03 2025
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If you’re a tourist, you’re free to move on with your life. If you’re a Las Vegas local, it may be of interest Boyd Gaming is building a new casino, and whenever a new casino is built, an angel gets it wings.

Cadence Crossing will be a baby casino by Strip standards, with just 450 slot machines, along with the requisite drinking and dining options.

The new casino opens mid-2026, replacing the Jokers Wild Casino, which you also never went to. But renderings!

Locals treat neighborhood casinos like an extension of their den.

Cadence Crossing will be located in Vegas-adjacent Henderson, Nevada. It’s on Boulder Highway and Warm Springs Road, near a master-planned community called (wait for it) Cadence. The address is 920 North Boulder Highway, Henderson, NV 89011.

We actually didn’t know the casino was in Henderson, or would wouldn’t have even covered this story, as this isn’t Vital Henderson, but we already resized the images, so let’s get on with it.

Flair costs more than not flair. Locals casinos don’t need flair. They need loose slots and cheap grub.

Boyd isn’t known for being bold with its capital investments, especially given its institutional trauma caused by the failed Echelon Project. The company was swinging for the fences with a casino resort on the Stardust site (now Resorts World), but the project stalled during the 2008 financial crisis.

The great news is there’s definitely no concerns about a financial crisis now, we said sarcastically.

Cadence is a far more modest project, so it should be fine.

Cadence will have a gastropub. We would like to promise it won’t show sports, but good luck with that.

According to news release, “Future phases are contemplated as the Cadence community continues to grow, with long-term plans for a hotel, expanded gaming offerings and additional amenities.”

“Contemplation” is the new “let’s see if this place hits the numbers, then we’ll talk.”

We contemplate whether we should quit gambling, especially after looking at our Win/Loss statement and realizing we lost the equivalent of a Cadillac XT6 Luxury SUV last year at Ellis Island. You bet your ass that caused some institutional trauma.

Gaming excitement with a business park vibe! Feel free to borrow that tagline, Boyd Gaming Corporation.

Locals casinos are a special kind of animal, differing quite a bit from the megaresorts on The Strip.

They cater to frequent, value-seeking gamblers (also known as “grinders”). They do this by providing better odds and pay tables, along with free gifts like gravy boats, quesadilla makers and branded polo shirts.

About 70% of Las Vegas locals gamble, 70% of those gamble at least once a month, approximately 5% gamble more than five times a week.

The locals market is considered more predictable and pretty much immune to the fluctuations of The Strip. In gambling terms, The Strip is high volatility (Buffalo), locals casinos are low volatility (Cleopatra).

On The Strip, if Canadians get miffed and stop visiting, they feel it. Locals casinos DGAF.

You also never see sex workers at locals casinos.

Station Casinos dominates in the realm of locals casinos, with Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Durango, Palace Station, Sunset Station, Boulder Station and Santa Fe Station, along with 10 Wildfire casinos to ensure one cannot travel two miles without having the option to play video poker in the Las Vegas Valley.

Boyd has the motley crew of Aliante, Suncoast, Gold Coast, Orleans, Sam’s Town, Cannery and some hybrid casinos (with a mix of locals and tourists), The Cal, Fremont and Main Street Station downtown.

Yes, we’re just fluffing up this story so the renderings don’t slap together.

Given all the paid parking on The Strip, you’re already up $40 when you step into a locals place, so stop whining about the lack of neon.

Will you ever venture over to Cadence Crossing Casino when it opens? No, not if you don’t live in the neighborhood.

Will we visit? Yes, because media events often have passed hors d’oeuvres from the casino’s restaurants.

“Hors d’oeuvres” is a French term that translates as “outside of the meal.” Which makes one wonder, couldn’t you call anything that exists outside of a meal “hors d’oeuvres”? Example: When you go to Taco Bell and you’re in the restroom following your meal, that’s an hors d’oeuvre.

Well, those are the renderings.

Boyd Gaming celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025.

Fun fact: The company owns 5% of FanDuel Group, the nation’s leading sports-betting operator. FanDuel and its main competitor, DraftKings, were given the boot from Nevada in 2015 when the Nevada Gaming Control Board determined daily fantasy sports is a form of gambling and the last thing Nevada wants within its borders is gambling. FanDuel and DraftKings operate in about 45 other states. Nothing to see here.

Boyd’s Fremont casino has a FanDuel-branded sportsbook, but it’s operated by Boyd to sidestep the prohibition against FanDuel operating within the Las Vegas.

Rabbit hole alert!

Cadence Crossing Casino has begun construction. See you there on opening day, possibly with chicken skewers and those delicious cheesy pinwheel things in-hand.