Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa in North Las Vegas has debuted a newly transformed Boyd Gaming sportsbook, swapping out its old setup for plush booths, couches and lounge chairs arranged around a 30-foot video wall. The revamped race and sportsbook can display up to 30 games at once across 20 distinct screen layouts, giving bettors more ways to track their action than the property's previous setup allowed.
The upgrade at Aliante, which Boyd Gaming has operated in North Las Vegas since acquiring it for $380 million in 2016, is part of a wider push across the company's Southern Nevada properties, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Bettors can place wagers through the Boyd Sports mobile app or at on-site sports betting kiosks, and guests will be able to reserve VIP booth and lounge areas through OpenTable, with those reservations including food and beverage minimums, per the report from reporter Todd Dewey.
A Company-Wide Renovation Wave
The Aliante refresh follows a similarly renovated sportsbook Boyd unveiled at Sam's Town in July 2026, and the same report notes the company plans to enhance its Southern Nevada presence further once the new Cadence Crossing property is fully built out by early 2027. Boyd's Southern Nevada portfolio also includes Gold Coast, Orleans and Suncoast, all part of the same modernization effort. Boyd president and CEO Keith Smith laid out the company's investment plans during its second-quarter earnings call with investors on July 23, 2026, according to the same report.
Company officials said Boyd will have renovated more than 70 percent of its Las Vegas hotel room inventory by early 2027, and it plans to introduce 17 new food and beverage concepts by that same timeframe, the article notes. Boyd Gaming now operates 27 casinos across 11 states, a footprint that has expanded well beyond the single downtown Las Vegas property Sam and Bill Boyd founded in 1975, a milestone the company marked with its 50th anniversary in 2025.
Keeping the Books Open During Construction
Renovating an active sportsbook without shutting down wagering takes some logistical juggling. During the Aliante renovation earlier in 2026, Boyd kept sports betting running continuously by operating a temporary pop-up sportsbook in a space previously used as a live poker room, according to a Facebook post from Vegas Advantage. That kind of stopgap is a common move for Nevada casinos during major room overhauls, allowing properties to preserve daily race and sports revenue while construction crews work.
Aliante itself has changed hands more than once since it first opened. The resort was initially opened by Station Casinos in November 2008 as Aliante Station, built at a cost of $662 million with a 125,000-square-foot casino floor and 211 hotel rooms, according to Wikipedia. Boyd Gaming later paid $380 million for the property in 2016, folding it into a locals-focused portfolio that has continued to grow since.
Part Of A Bigger Local Betting Strategy
Nevada regulations require sports bettors to register in person at a physical casino sportsbook before they can use mobile betting apps like Boyd Sports, a rule that has pushed major national operators such as DraftKings and FanDuel to largely avoid the state, according to Legal Sports Report. That in-person requirement helps explain why Boyd and other Nevada operators keep investing heavily in physical sportsbook venues rather than leaning solely on digital platforms.
The push toward upgraded physical venues comes as retail sports betting handle has been sliding statewide. Nevada sportsbooks generated $38.7 million in sports betting revenue in May 2026, even as retail in-person betting handle dropped 12.2 percent year-over-year to $136.2 million, continuing a multi-month decline as digital betting expands, per data compiled by Steve Ruddock. Against that backdrop, North Las Vegas nonrestricted casino gaming win still reached $24.37 million in October 2025, an 8.36 percent year-over-year increase, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Boyd's Southern Nevada spending spree extends beyond sportsbook remodels. The company broke ground on Cadence Crossing in Henderson before opening the 24,000-square-foot, 450-slot casino this past March, marking the company's first ground-up casino build in the Las Vegas Valley in nearly 20 years. At the same time, Boyd has been shedding dormant assets, having announced plans to demolish its long-closed Eastside Cannery Casino-Hotel on Boulder Highway and explore residential development on the site.
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