Boyd Gaming to Merge With Coast Casinos - 2004-02-10
Station Casinos is about to get a run for its money as the leader in the neighborhood casino business. A merger agreement, unveiled on Monday will create the biggest locals casino company in Nevada.

Boyd Gaming is buying Coast Resorts. It's a deal that focuses on the lucrative and ever expanding business of operating casinos away from the strip.Boyd Gaming owns downtown hotels like the California, Fremont, and Main Street Station. And its biggest locals hotel was Sams Town. But now, with a deal to purchase Coast Resorts, Boyd Gaming will add some powerful neighborhood hotels that include the Orleans and the Gold Coast.
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U-46 worries about casino's tax effort - 2004-02-10
Elgin leaders will fight an attempt by the Grand Victoria Casino to pay them significantly less in property taxes than they do presently, officials said on Monday.

If the casino gets its way, it could mean Elgin would receive $600,000 less a year from the riverboat than anticipated, said City Manager David Dorgan, who called that "significant" at a time when the city's budget is barely balanced.

"They want a tax reduction. We don't want it because it costs us money," Dorgan said.
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