Shuttered Main Street Station reopens Wednesday morning

Main Street Station is back.

The downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino volition unfastened 6 a.m. Wednesday, marking the archetypal clip the Victorian-theme spot has welcomed guests since the pandemic prompted casino closures successful March 2020.

Main Street Station was 1 of 2 Boyd Gaming Corp. properties that remained closed from the shutdown; Eastside Cannery is the other.

Boyd has nary peculiar events planned for what it considers a brushed opening, spokesperson David Strow said Tuesday. Main Street Station’s reopening volition mean each 3 of Boyd’s downtown hotel-casinos — Fremont and California Hotel are the different 2 — are up and running.

Main Street volition reopen arsenic a 24/7 property, though its 2 restaurants volition unfastened with constricted hours, Boyd announced past month. Triple 7 Restaurant and Microbrewery volition beryllium unfastened 5 p.m. to midnight Thursday done Monday, and Garden Court buffet volition unfastened 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. regular for brunch and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. connected Friday and Saturday for dinner.

Boyd executives had antecedently said request would dictate the timeline for some of its yet-to-reopen properties, Main Street and Eastside Cannery. The clip has arrived for Main Street, arsenic Boyd has been “running precise busy” astatine the neighboring California and Fremont hotels, Strow said past month.

Still shuttered

Eastside Cannery doesn’t person an opening date. Strow said past period that Boyd has “seen bully concern trends” astatine its different Boulder Highway property, Sam’s Town, “but we’re not yet astatine a constituent wherever we request to unfastened up a 2nd spot connected the Boulder Strip.”

Several different casinos successful Southern Nevada stay closed.

Station Casinos has nary plans to unfastened immoderate of its 3 closed properties this year. Company executives volition see reopening Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho oregon Texas Station “if and erstwhile we deliberation they tin adhd to the implicit profitability of the institution going forward,” CEO Frank Fertitta III told investors connected a July 28 net call.

In June, Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho extended their nonoperational presumption for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth done June 4, 2022. Fiesta Henderson received Henderson City Council support successful May to stay nonoperational done the extremity of the year.

In addition, Station Casinos genitor institution Red Rock Resorts is selling the Palms to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The woody prohibits Red Rock Resorts from reopening Palms.

Cal-Nev-Ari Casino and Bar remained unfastened during the time but lone due to the fact that it besides operates arsenic a station office. Cal-Nev-Ari reopened its barroom April 1, but the gaming machines whitethorn not beryllium playable until outpouring astatine the earliest.

Mining steadfast Heart of Nature, whose genitor institution Universal Green Technology recently bought astir of the tiny town on with its bar, is searching for a gaming institution to proviso and support slot machines, Heart of Nature President Jerry Tyler said via substance Tuesday. He estimated the process of acquiring a gaming licence and uncovering a gaming institution to rent retired the abstraction would instrumentality six to 8 months.

“But we volition bring successful excavation tables and electrical dart committee games into the barroom to assistance capable the void and springiness our residents immoderate enjoyment portion waiting,” helium said, adding a thumbs up emoji.

Two Northern Nevada casinos closed for bully past year; Harrah’s Reno and Lakeside Inn and Casino successful Stateline.

Contact Mike Shoro astatine mshoro@reviewjournal.com. Follow @mike_shoro connected Twitter.