The hotel opened at 10 AM on Jthe casino opened at midnight following and was managed by a team of local casino executives that included Sam Boyd, Jackie Gaughan, JK Houssels Jr, and Bill Boyd. Scott built the Union Plaza complex on the station site. Upland Industries, the Union Pacific's real estate division, and developer Frank E. The casino – originally named Union Plaza, in reference to the railroad station that originally stood at the site – included a small waiting room to be used as a station for Amtrak trains. Gogerty, with a Union Pacific shield, and 'Streamliners & Challengers' neon sign.

Union Pacific replaced that station in 1940 with a Streamline Moderne train station designed by H. Prior to the construction of the casino, part of the site was used for the first train station in Las Vegas, a Spanish style depot, constructed in 1906. History Las Vegas Union Pacific Station Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, c. The Plaza also features a showroom, a rooftop swimming pool, fitness center, bingo room, multiple dining outlets, a sports book, and Oscar's steakhouse that is named after the former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman. It currently has 995 rooms and suites, a 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2) casino and more than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2) of event space.

It is owned by the Tamares Group and Jonathan Jossel is the CEO. The Plaza Hotel & Casino is a casino– hotel located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Carousel Bar, CORE Arena, rooftop pool and 13 pickleball courts

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