{"id":46391,"date":"2026-02-19T17:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=46391"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:50:45","slug":"eastside-cannery-gets-implosion-date-you-arent-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/eastside-cannery-gets-implosion-date-you-arent-invited\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastside Cannery Gets Implosion Date, You Aren&#8217;t Invited"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A casino you&rsquo;ve probably never visited, Eastside Cannery, is set to be imploded on March 5, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike past casino implosions, filled with hoopla and pomp, this one&rsquo;s being kept on the QT. Which, granted, is a weird way to abbreviate &ldquo;quiet.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s like when people used &ldquo;DT&rdquo; for downtown. That really chafes our girded regions for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>The implosion will have no public viewing area, and Boyd Gaming, owner of Eastside Cannery, would prefer if nobody shows up. Good luck with that. People like when things go &ldquo;boom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46392\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-46392 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eastside_cannery_implosion_ai-845x563.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People love hullabaloo around a casino implosion. This one will have zero of that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naturally, we broke the story of the implosion date for Eastside Cannery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Word is Eastside Cannery will be imploded March 5 at 2:00 a.m. There will not be a public viewing area and everyone involved would prefer we not do this Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/2023142389624586662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We frequently break news about things we don&rsquo;t really care about all that much, mostly related to sports. We were the first to share our WNBA team would be the Aces, that Wrestlemania was coming to Las Vegas and that Tom Brady purchased a home in Las Vegas, signaling his involvement with the Raiders. Note: This is not just bragging. It&rsquo;s a brief presentation of exhibits. It also helps fluff up our story a little.<\/p>\n<p>Eastside Cannery sat on the land that was previously Nevada Palace, another place you never went. Eastside Cannery closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic. The casino never reopened. Boyd Gaming realized the demand just wasn&rsquo;t there. Eastside Cannery competed with Sam&rsquo;s Town (owned by Boyd), Boulder Station (Station Casinos) and Arizona Charlie&rsquo;s Boulder (Golden Entertainment).<\/p>\n<p>So, even if existing demand isn&rsquo;t there, why would Boyd Gaming choose to blow up a perfectly good building rather than just selling it? Imploding it ensures it won&rsquo;t be used as a casino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45226\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-45226 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eastside_cannery_no_big_loss-845x563.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We maybe went there twice in 20 years? On the bright side, Las Vegas always makes more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Station Casinos made similar moves when it closed and demolished three locals casinos, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson. A lot of angels lost their wings in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Boyd Gaming trying to keep the implosion of Eastside Cannery under wraps? Because people are a pain in the ass. Together, they form crowds. Crowds are even worse than individual people. They make noise and smell funny.<\/p>\n<p>The main answer, of course, is lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Implosions can be a liability and safety risk. Debris and dust are inevitable side effects of implosions.<\/p>\n<p>People often want to get as close as possible to the boom-boom, which can lead to death and dismemberment, or even worse, having to endure having dinner with Criss Angel.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger the aforementioned crowds, the greater the cost for police and traffic management and medical folks.<\/p>\n<p>Implosions draw attention to the fact a business failed and nobody wants all that.<\/p>\n<p>So, just stay away and watch the implosion on the news the next day. Local TV news has got you.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing interesting will replace Eastside Cannery, so the implosion is a non-story.<\/p>\n<p>If that&rsquo;s the case, why did we write an article about it?<\/p>\n<p>You are asking a lot of questions today.<\/p>\n<p>Look, your job involves busy work and so does ours. Part of our value comes from scoop. This was scoop. No, it wasn&rsquo;t the biggest scoop, but you&rsquo;re a fine one to judge. You haven&rsquo;t had any scoop, and we&rsquo;re mainly talking to anyone reading who works at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind an implosion, that&rsquo;s the real boom.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A casino you&rsquo;ve probably never visited, Eastside Cannery, is set to be imploded on March 5, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. Unlike past casino implosions, filled with hoopla and pomp, this one&rsquo;s being kept on the QT. Which, granted, is a weird way to abbreviate &ldquo;quiet.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s like when people used &ldquo;DT&rdquo; for downtown. 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