As a youth during the 1920s, Boyd helped support his mother and siblings by working at the Long Beach Amusement Park in California. The Boyd name in Las Vegas was established by the family's patriarch, Sam Boyd. Boyd Gaming also owns a travel agency named Vacations-Hawaii, which provides chartered flights to Las Vegas as part of exclusive packages to the company's hotel casinos in Las Vegas. Named The Borgata, the gaming and entertainment complex is scheduled to open in 2003. Through a joint venture with MGM Mirage, Boyd Gaming is developing a $1 billion hotel casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In Illinois, the company operates the Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino. In Mississippi, the company operates Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Tunica County. In Indiana, the company operates the Blue Chip Casino. In Louisiana, Boyd Gaming operates the Treasure Chest Casino and Delta Downs Racetrack. Properties in the greater Las Vegas area include the Stardust Resort and Casino, Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, the Eldorado Casino, the Jokers Wild Casino, the California Hotel and Casino, the Fremont Hotel and Casino, and the Main Street Station Casino, Brewery and Hotel. In Nevada, Boyd Gaming owns casino and hotel facilities on the Las Vegas Strip, in downtown Las Vegas, and on the Boulder Strip. Boyd Gaming Corporation is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company with properties in Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, and Illinois.

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