When many lives were wrecked temporarily, if not ruined for a long time.
It was a sad final chapter of what had been a ruinous downfall, a stunning tumble from being widely beloved as a true gambler’s paradise and the poker pinnacle of the world, topped by the crown jewel of hospitality. Gaming operations were to cease immediately.įederal marshals and agents from the Nevada Gaming Boardended up as the Horseshoe’s last guests. Marshals barged in the front entrance, went straight to the casino cage, and presented a legal notice to confiscate all the cash inside. The official order to close came by hand when a posse of armed U.S. Ten years ago today, a Las Vegas landmark was forcibly shut down.īinion’s Horseshoe, the crumbling ruin of a former empire and the final vestige of the Old West that had once transformed dusty Las Vegas into a neon-lit magnet of vice, shuddered its windows and padlocked its doors.
Ten Years Ago Today: The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 1)
