Rumors about the Wild Wild West site have come and gone over the years. At one point, we heard a deal to sell the site was near completion, but that never came to pass.<\/p>\n

While the Wild Wild West is about 20 acres, Station Casinos has amassed about 100 acres of land in the vicinity.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t<\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/wild-wild-west-casino-to-be-closed-and-demolished\\\/#arve-youtube-5gro1j7yhnu\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/5GRO1j7YhNU?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At one time, it’s rumored the Wild Wild West and surrounding land would be the site of Raiders stadium. Nope.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Station floated the idea of a Viva resort, and even released a rendering for the project. The Viva concept was to have involved three hotels (with 10,000 rooms) and three casinos, at a cost of $10 billion.<\/p>\n<p>We suspect the scope of the project has changed a smidge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what was going to be on the Wild Wild West site, prior to reality check. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qL6ygGPy2\">pic.twitter.com\/3qL6ygGPy2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1233519548042747909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Viva was wildly ambitious, and would’ve been larger than CityCenter.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped visiting after Wild Wild West got rid of its table games. There just wasn’t enough demand to sustain the labor costs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nobody’s talking about Wild Wild West. Told tables games are out. Some great times at those tables.<\/p>\n<p>— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1336758753241169926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wild Wild West was a popular spot for truckers and bright-eyed entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wild Wild West rumored to be hotspot for prostitution activity. Many girls live in apartments nearby and truckers are frequent customers.<\/p>\n<p>— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/921157914852720643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Station is trimming the fat, and recently announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/three-las-vegas-casinos-to-be-demolished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanent closure<\/a> of three of its casinos: Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson. The casinos weren’t pulling their weight, and will be demolished to avoid a competing operator from taking them over.<\/p>\n<p>Station Casinos says Wild Wild West employees (there aren’t many, it’s a tiny place) will be offered employment at other Station casinos.<\/p>\n<p>Here’s the memo sent to employees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33804\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-33804 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/wild_wild_west_memo-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whenever a Las Vegas casino closes, an angel loses its wings. Angels were not the target demo of Wild Wild West.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You probably never visited Wild Wild West Gambling Hall and Hotel, but we have many fond memories there. It was a little rough around the edges, but the list of gritty, grinder-friendly Las Vegas casinos is getting shorter.<\/p>\n<p>A little-known fact: Wild Wild West was a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadafilm.com\/scene-in-nevada-the-hangover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie history<\/a>! That’s where Jade (played by Heather Graham) lived in “The Hangover.” A segment of the film was filmed in room 825.<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-ihaznwf2day\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer 'none';autoplay 'none';camera 'none';ch-ua 'none';clipboard-read 'none';clipboard-write;display-capture 'none';encrypted-media 'none';gamepad 'none';geolocation 'none';gyroscope 'none';hid 'none';identity-credentials-get 'none';idle-detection 'none';keyboard-map 'none';local-fonts 'none';magnetometer 'none';microphone 'none';midi 'none';payment 'none';picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create 'none';publickey-credentials-get 'none';screen-wake-lock 'none';serial 'none';sync-xhr;usb 'none';window-management 'none';xr-spatial-tracking 'none';\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-ihaznwf2day\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iHaZnwf2daY?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iHaZnwf2daY?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/wild-wild-west-casino-to-be-closed-and-demolished\\\/#arve-youtube-ihaznwf2day\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/iHaZnwf2daY?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We hope Station Casinos, part of Red Rock Resorts, will swing for the fences with whatever comes next on the Wild Wild West site.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to explore more stories? 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