Henderson Master-Planned Community Gets New Casino

Homes and businesses are still under construction in the Cadence master-planned community in Henderson. And now, Boyd Gaming has announced plans to build a brand-new casino on the site of the Jokers Wild Casino.

Jokers Wild Casino at 920 North Boulder Highway in Henderson is one of 30 properties around the nation owned by Boyd Gaming. Before it opened in April 1993, it was originally known as Cattle Baron Casino. It will now be the site of a new Boyd Gaming property.

The new gaming facility construction is set to begin soon, with a grand opening planned for early 2026. That’s according to an article by McKenna Ross on ReviewJournal.com. Jokers Wild Casino will remain open throughout the construction phase. Boyd Gaming then plans to demolish it once the new gambling hall opens.

Boyd Gaming still hasn’t reopened Eastside Cannery Casino on Boulder Highway since the pandemic. However, according to Ross’s report, they feel the project they’re planning to build on a 15-acre site near Boulder Highway and Warm Springs Road in Henderson will benefit from the nearby Cadence master-planned community. In fact, the new casino in Henderson will be named Cadence Crossing to take advantage of this location.

The Cadence master-planned community in Henderson is still under construction. When completed, there should be about 12,000 homes there. Per the ReviewJournal.com post, only 5,200 are currently occupied. Plus, there will be plenty of parks, restaurants, and other businesses yet to be built.

So, Boyd Gaming’s plans to transform the Jokers Wild property into a brand-new casino makes a lot of sense. The new Cadence Crossing Casino in Henderson is expected to be about 10,000 square feet. Over 400 slot machines will be available. Of course, the new facility will certainly have updated dining and entertainment options.

Per Ross’s article, once the first phase is completed, Boyd Gaming may expand the size of the casino in phase two. They have also submitted plans to build a hotel on the property with over 100 rooms in the second phase.

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Las Vegas street names - where did they come from, and why?

Las Vegas is a place of extremes. We probably have the brightest artificial light in the known universe shining from the Luxor pyramid every night - to the extent that pilots can't fly directly over it for fear of piercing a retina. We have the tallest building between Chicago and the west coast., with the Stratosphere Tower. We have more hotel rooms per capita than - well, probably anywhere. More shows, more casinos, more restaurants in a three mile stretch of road on the strip, than most cities have in a lifetime.

We have to eventually run out of street names, right? Which is not good, because street names help you get you where you're going.

Naming streets in Las Vegas was easy - at first. Early downtown Las Vegas named streets going one direction after Nevada pioneers like Clark, Fremont and Carson. The cross streets got numbers, starting with First Street, which was just one block east of Main Street. Main Street was next to the railroad on the spot where the city began. In the original North Las Vegas the streets were mostly named after people, - simple enough.

Henderson was founded as a company town as a part of the war effort during World War Two.

The street names include Basic, which is the name of the company where the water for Basic Industries flows (now underground,) and a whole lot of mineral names: Lead, Silver, and Perlite. State names, ocean names (Atlantic and Pacific) and to top it off, Army, Navy, Major and Minor.

During an early optimistic period what is now the industrial development west of the Strip used names of stars, like Polaris, Procyon, Regulus, Capella, Sirius, Rigel, Pollux, and Aldebaran. Not bad.

Then there are the celebrity streets. You know, Joe W. Brown Drive, Frank Sinatra Drive, Dean Martin Drive, Wynn Road, Elvis Presley Street, and many that are actually minor streets but still are named after famous Las Vegas people.

There's still a lot of building going on in Las Vegas - what are YOUR suggestions for road names?

And here are some weird street names from other cities in the state of Nevada

-Carla Rea

Goa Way. Get it - Go A-way.   Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, (Northern) Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the time of the 2020 Census. U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Kingsbury Grade, connects Gardnerville to Stateline and U.S. Route 50.

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Hell's Bells Road.  Carson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada.

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Wegotta Way - perhaps to go along with the street in Gardnerville.

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I know a lot of cities have this street, but still - you gotta love it! Some of us even stole that street sign in the city we grew up in. (I plead the fifth)

Break-A-Heart Road. Just in time for Valentine's Day. Silver Springs is a census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, at the intersection of US 50 and US 95A. The population was 5,296 at the 2010 census. Lahontan Reservoir, Lahontan State Recreation Area and historic Fort Churchill State Historic Park are all located nearby. If you ever get a chance to go to Lahontan, do it - it's a lot of fun!

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Windy Butte Way. It's childish - but you know you laughed, Beavis.

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Over the hump, in Pahrump, is an ode to Frank Sinatra!

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