Boyd Gaming sold the former Eastside Cannery site in the eastern Las Vegas Valley for $28.8 million following official approval for a housing project. The gaming operator finalized the transfer of the 29.5 acre parcel located along Boulder Highway at Harmon Avenue on September 10, according to public records filed in Clark County. The sale completes a transition for the former Eastside Cannery property, which was once home to a popular hotel and casino. Boyd Gaming originally purchased the land beneath the complex for $45 million in early 2025. Following the closure and subsequent demolition of the facility, the operator…

The Eastside Cannery hotel tower was demolished early Thursday morning in a planned implosion that marked the end of the shuttered property on Boulder Highway. The sixteen story structure was brought down at approximately 2 a.m. on March 5, 2026, following years of vacancy. The site had been closed since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 and never reopened to the public. Officials from Boyd Gaming, the company that owned the Eastside Cannery, previously stated that the decision to demolish the building stemmed from a lack of sufficient market demand to justify reopening the facility. The company had…