![]() Construction on Echelon Place began in 2007, but was halted in 2008 due to worsening economic conditions. The site was originally intended for a Boyd casino project named Echelon Place. ![]() In 2006, Boyd Gaming traded the Barbary Coast to Harrah's Entertainment (now known as Caesars Entertainment) in exchange for twenty-four acres of land on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, near the former site of the Stardust Hotel and Casino, expanding the site to a total of 87 acres. In 2004, Boyd Gaming bought Coast Casinos, Inc., which included the Barbary Coast and three other casinos: The Orleans, Gold Coast, and Sun Coast for $1.3 billion. ![]() It was repainted again back to its original color in the early 2000s. Somewhere in the late 90s, the burgundy color of the hotel tower was repainted white. In 2000, the restaurant added a wildly successful after-hours nightclub and became Drai's After Hours. In 1997, Victor Drai officially opened Drai's, a restaurant located in the space McDonald’s once occupied. In 1987, a McDonald's opened in the basement-level of the casino, complete with its own message board. The Barbary Coast opened on March 2, 1979. Michael Gaughan built the 9-story hotel and 30,000 square foot casino on the former site of the demolished Desert Villa Motel.
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