| Casino: | Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall |
| Address: | 1477 Casino Strip Resorts Boulevard |
| Location: | Robinsonville, Mississippi 38664 |
| Rooms: | 1,070 |
| Date Opened: | 1994 |
| Space Gaming: | 96000square feet |
| Attractions: | Sam's Town 250 NASCAR Busch Series race |
| Owner: | Boyd Gaming Corporation |
| Casino Type: | Riverboat casino |
| Website: | Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall |
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall is located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Officially known as a riverboat casino because the gaming area is situated on a building built on barges that float in a pool of water linked to the nearby Mississippi River as required by state law, the resort in all other aspects resembles its Nevada sibling, except for the atrium. It includes a 1,600 seat showroom, a 1,070-room hotel, and an RV park.
The facility was opened on May 25, 1994,[1] by Boyd Gaming as the third casino branded as Sam's Town and the first casino opened by Boyd outside of Nevada. It was built to replicate a Western town; at the time it opened it was 400000square feet in size with a 200-room hotel.[2]
In 2002, Boyd bought an adjacent hotel and theater owned by Isle of Capri Casinos for $7.5 million.[3] [4] Sam's Town expanded into the property, adding an additional hotel tower and parking garage., Sam's Town has over 700 hotel rooms in Tunica.[5]
From 1999 to 2007, Boyd sponsored the Sam's Town 250, a NASCAR Busch Series race at nearby Memphis International Raceway.[6] [7]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the hotel and casino were closed from March until May, along with multiple other hotels and casinos in the area.[8]