In 1980, the company opened the Golden Nugget Atlantic City (not to be confused with the current Golden Nugget Atlantic City) in New Jersey. The first hotel tower opened in 1977, which lead for the property to get awarded a four diamond rating from Mobil Travel Guide.
Once gaining the controlling sharehold, Wynn created Golden Nugget Companies Inc. Under Wynn, the casino brand expanded greatly. Wynn later became the majority stakeholder in 1973, making him the youngest casino owner in Las Vegas.
Over time, notable members of the ownership group featured Jackie Gaughan and Steve Wynn. The Golden Nugget Las Vegas opened in 1946 in Downtown Las Vegas. The company runs as a division of Landry's Hospitality within the Fertitta Entertainment portfolio. The original location was the Golden Nugget Las Vegas which opened in 1946. It currently operates five casino resorts in Nevada, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Mississippi. Golden Nugget Hotels & Casinos is an American chain of luxury hotels and casinos. Taking photos is not permitted in most casinos for security reasons, but the Golden Nugget smiles benignly upon wide-eyed visitors who photograph the mighty rock.Golden Nugget Lake Charles in Lake Charles, Louisiana Discovered in Australia and weighing a massive 61lb, it's on display under glass near the North Tower elevators. If you want to get up close to the fish without getting wet (or being a hotel guest), take a behind-the-scenes tour ($50) or stop for a drink at Chart House, a seafood restaurant where you can perch at the bar encircling a 75,000-gallon tropical aquarium.Īnother of the Nugget's famous attractions is the Hand of Faith, the world's largest single gold nugget still in existence (so named due to its mitten-esque shape). Swimmers can press their faces against the glass to come face-to-face with six species of sharks, rays and tropical fish. One of the Golden Nugget's claims to fame is the Tank, an outdoor pool featuring a three-story waterslide through a 200,000-gallon shark tank. The duo catapulted the Nugget into the national limelight on the Fox reality TV series Casino, but then sold it off to Landry's Inc. Wunderkind entrepreneurs Tim Poster and Thomas Breitling bought this vintage Vegas casino hotel, which was once owned by none other than casino impresario Steve Wynn, in 2003. The nonsmoking poker room hosts daily tournaments. With eateries and a swimming pool famous for its shark tank, the Golden Nugget draws a moneyed crowd with a 38,000-sq-ft casino populated by table games and slot machines with the same odds as at Strip megaresorts. Check out the polished brass and white leather seats in the casino: day or night, the Golden Nugget is downtown's poshest address (not that there's a dress code or anything).
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