The Holiday Inn Express tower will resemble a modernized version of the existing hotel and its burnt orange facade. DeSimone said Railroad Pass will supplement the new hotel’s occupancy with its own customers, marketing plans and business relationships. The new tower will be branded as a Holiday Inn Express to help attract Holiday Inn rewards members.

The tower will sit just northeast of the original tower and add 127 new hotel rooms to the property’s total of 120, DeSimone said. The changes continue as the property enters its 10th decade.Ĭonstruction crews broke ground last month on a new hotel tower project that is expected to cost about $15 million when complete. “We’ve done millions and millions of dollars of improvements, and each one of them makes the place better and better,” DeSimone said Monday.

In his time as owner, he has removed the museum and hung its black-and-white photos throughout the casino, added 150 new slot machines, developed a Chevron gas station travel center to entice truckers, updated the hotel rooms, extended the casino bar and modernized the property. Some of Railroad Pass’ biggest changes in its 90 years have come in the last six.ĭeSimone bought Railroad Pass from MGM Resorts International in 2015. His message is clear: “We’re not going anywhere.”

He is pumping money into renovations and new projects, including an additional hotel tower he hopes to complete within a year. It’s a milestone worth celebrating, historians say, given its origins and role in the earliest days of Nevada gaming.Īnd while mindful of the hotel-casino’s venerable benchmark in Silver State history, owner Joe DeSimone is also making improvements with an eye toward the future. The state’s oldest operating casino turned 90 on Sunday. But it’s proved resilient, carving its place in history and holding on tight. It’s a small, unassuming property - nothing like the swanky, upscale resorts that line the Las Vegas Strip.

Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Pass casinosits on the outskirts of Henderson, not far from Boulder City, the only incorporated Nevada town where gambling is illegal. Longtime customers Harry Myrchak, 90, visits with Jan Radunz, both of Boulder City, at Railroad Pass casino in Henderson Monday, July 26, 2021, ahead of its 90th birthday on Aug.

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