Wildfire on Fremont

Opened February 10, 2023

Wildfire on Fremont brought casino gaming back to part of the former Showboat grounds in a different form. It opened on February 10, 2023, at 2700 East Fremont Street as a neighborhood casino without a hotel. It is a new building and business, not the old Showboat or Castaways hotel under another name.

Start with its history

AI-generated illustration of Wildfire on Fremont during construction, based on the supplied promotional composition. The Welcome to Las Vegas sign is a compositional element, not evidence of a sign at the casino.

The history of Wildfire on Fremont.

A brief history of Wildfire on Fremont

Historical context: Showboat signage at the Neon Boneyard on February 16, 2014. Wildfire later opened on part of the old Showboat grounds; the Wildfire building and its site are not shown.

After the Showboat and Castaways

The larger site had once supported the Showboat’s hotel, casino and bowling complex. That resort became Castaways in 2000, closed in 2004 and was demolished in 2006. Station Casinos acquired the closed property in 2004. Later development divided the grounds: Showboat Park Apartments took one portion, while Wildfire was built on another. The old resort and the new casino therefore have related sites, but different footprints.

A smaller casino opens in 2023

The opening centered on a much smaller casino format. Station’s announcement described a 21,000-square-foot property with more than 200 machines, bar-top gaming, electronic table games and an STN sportsbook. An IHOP restaurant was part of the opening. These were opening-era features, rather than a promise that every machine or dining arrangement remains unchanged.

Remembering the land’s earlier name

The bar also acknowledged the land’s earlier life. Its opening cocktail list included names such as 1954 and Castaway(s), references to the neighborhood and the former resort. This was a new venue making use of local memory, rather than a claim that the Showboat’s bowling lanes or hotel tower had survived.

The property today

As checked in October 2026, the operator continues to list Wildfire on Fremont at the same address. Nevada’s June 2026 nonrestricted report records Wildfire Fremont separately from the other Wildfire locations. The historical photograph in the history section shows signage from the earlier Showboat at the Neon Boneyard in 2014. It does not show the Wildfire building, which opened nine years later, or identify the casino’s present entrance.

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Sources and context

The opening announcement

Station Casinos press release reproduced by Casino City, February 10, 2023: actual opening, ceremonial launch and new casino format. Opening promotions are historical, not current offers.
A neighborhood casino with references to the old site

Operator opening report: 21,000 square feet, more than 200 machines, electronic games, sportsbook, IHOP, and cocktail names including 1954 and Castaway(s). These describe the opening period. No present prices, dining hours or machine inventory are asserted.
Part of the former Showboat land

Howard Stutz, February 2023 opening report: a casino without a hotel, built on a section of the former Showboat site, with apartments on another portion. Its 2005 purchase year differs from the contemporary October 2004 report; the latter is selected. Different footprints, not a surviving hotel renovation.
The earlier closed casino changes hands

Rod Smith, October 4, 2004: contemporary report on Station’s purchase of the closed Castaways. La Joya del Sol was a proposed reopening, not an established operating name.
Showboat and the Fremont Castaways

UNLV collection MS-00983, Historical Note: Showboat opened in 1954, became Castaways in 2000, closed in 2004 and was demolished in January 2006. The original Strip Castaways and Atlantic City Showboat are separate properties.
The current Wildfire property

Operator property page checked October 20, 2026: Wildfire on Fremont at 2700 East Fremont Street. No current promotion, restaurant schedule, universal access or future continuity promise is selected.
The licensed premises

NGCB nonrestricted count report effective June 30, 2026: Wildfire Fremont, Location ID 00178-13. Separate premises from other Wildfire locations and sportsbook-only entries. Licence presence alone does not prove current operation; it is corroborated by the operator’s listing.
Corroborating the current building area

On-site IHOP operator location 5688, 2700 East Fremont Street: published coordinates 36.1554282, -115.1138464. The rounded point lies inside current OSM building way 1427634523, version 1. This is neither an entrance nor a surveyed parcel or the complete former Showboat grounds.
The earlier casino’s preserved signage

Gilda (fairlybuoyant), February 16, 2014: exact licensed museum photograph, Flickr 12626033514. Its date and museum context are explicitly labelled. The photograph does not depict Wildfire or its current location.

The present casino occupies only part of the wider former Showboat/Castaways grounds. No identical footprints, surviving old hotel building or continuous resort operation is implied.

The historical photograph shows an earlier casino’s sign at the Neon Boneyard in 2014, not Wildfire, its current building or its entrance. A rights-cleared current Wildfire building photograph has not been established here.

Opening-era restaurant and machine descriptions are dated history, not current availability guarantees. Consult the operator for present visiting details.

The representative map point is inside the currently mapped casino and restaurant building area. It is not a verified entrance or a surveyed full-property outline.

This site through time

Replaced Showboat / Castaways

2004 – 2023

Wildfire on Fremont opened in 2023 on part of the larger grounds formerly occupied by the Showboat hotel-casino, which had been renamed Castaways before closing in 2004 and being demolished in 2006. Other former resort land became Showboat Park Apartments. The new neighborhood casino is a replacement use on a portion of the historic property, not a renamed or renovated Showboat hotel, and the two complete footprints are not identical.

Historical source — Howard Stutz, February 2023 opening report: new Wildfire built on a section of the former Showboat site, with apartments on another portion. Corroborated by the city’s Castaways Site record at 2800 Fremont and the February 10, 2023 operator opening release. The contemporary October 4, 2004 transaction report supports Station’s purchase year; the later article’s 2005 date is not selected.

The new casino occupies only part of the larger former hotel-casino grounds. This relationship does not identify identical building or parcel boundaries.
Showboat and the Fremont Castaways are successive names of the earlier property; the original Strip Castaways is a separate casino at another site.
The selected Showboat sign photograph was taken at the Neon Boneyard in 2014. It does not show either casino’s former or present site.

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Wildfire on Fremont

The map identifies the property area. It does not identify an entrance or a walking route.

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Sources, image credits and the limits of what we know.

Historical sources9 documents and records

The opening announcement

Station Casinos press release reproduced by Casino City, February 10, 2023: actual opening, ceremonial launch and new casino format. Opening promotions are historical, not current offers.
A neighborhood casino with references to the old site

Operator opening report: 21,000 square feet, more than 200 machines, electronic games, sportsbook, IHOP, and cocktail names including 1954 and Castaway(s). These describe the opening period. No present prices, dining hours or machine inventory are asserted.
Part of the former Showboat land

Howard Stutz, February 2023 opening report: a casino without a hotel, built on a section of the former Showboat site, with apartments on another portion. Its 2005 purchase year differs from the contemporary October 2004 report; the latter is selected. Different footprints, not a surviving hotel renovation.
The earlier closed casino changes hands

Rod Smith, October 4, 2004: contemporary report on Station’s purchase of the closed Castaways. La Joya del Sol was a proposed reopening, not an established operating name.
Showboat and the Fremont Castaways

UNLV collection MS-00983, Historical Note: Showboat opened in 1954, became Castaways in 2000, closed in 2004 and was demolished in January 2006. The original Strip Castaways and Atlantic City Showboat are separate properties.
The current Wildfire property

Operator property page checked October 20, 2026: Wildfire on Fremont at 2700 East Fremont Street. No current promotion, restaurant schedule, universal access or future continuity promise is selected.
The licensed premises

NGCB nonrestricted count report effective June 30, 2026: Wildfire Fremont, Location ID 00178-13. Separate premises from other Wildfire locations and sportsbook-only entries. Licence presence alone does not prove current operation; it is corroborated by the operator’s listing.
Corroborating the current building area

On-site IHOP operator location 5688, 2700 East Fremont Street: published coordinates 36.1554282, -115.1138464. The rounded point lies inside current OSM building way 1427634523, version 1. This is neither an entrance nor a surveyed parcel or the complete former Showboat grounds.
The earlier casino’s preserved signage

Gilda (fairlybuoyant), February 16, 2014: exact licensed museum photograph, Flickr 12626033514. Its date and museum context are explicitly labelled. The photograph does not depict Wildfire or its current location.

What remains uncertain4 notes on context and interpretation

The present casino occupies only part of the wider former Showboat/Castaways grounds. No identical footprints, surviving old hotel building or continuous resort operation is implied.
The historical photograph shows an earlier casino’s sign at the Neon Boneyard in 2014, not Wildfire, its current building or its entrance. A rights-cleared current Wildfire building photograph has not been established here.
Opening-era restaurant and machine descriptions are dated history, not current availability guarantees. Consult the operator for present visiting details.
The representative map point is inside the currently mapped casino and restaurant building area. It is not a verified entrance or a surveyed full-property outline.

Image credits2 images with source information

AI-generated illustration of Wildfire on Fremont during construction, based on the supplied promotional composition. The Welcome to Las Vegas sign is a compositional element, not evidence of a sign at the casino.

AI-generated illustration / Vegas Retold

Source reference: User-supplied promotional reference; original photographer, capture date, original URL and rights unknown. Construction geometry independently matched to Station Casinos-supplied November 2022 Fremont photos. Canonical URL is intended USE LOCATOR, not original source.

AI-generated architectural illustration; geometric simplification and Mojave palette. Superimposed Station Casinos sky logo removed; real facade lettering retained. Welcome sign retained from supplied promotional composition.

User requested generation and publication; no original reference licence or clearance established. Illustration is not archival evidence. Welcome sign is compositional, not an on-site sign claim. No endorsement or public-domain/Creative Commons claim.

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Historical context: Showboat signage at the Neon Boneyard on February 16, 2014. Wildfire later opened on part of the old Showboat grounds; the Wildfire building and its site are not shown.

Gilda (fairlybuoyant) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Source reference: Gilda (fairlybuoyant), February 16, 2014, Flickr 12626033514 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. The earlier casino’s sign is photographed at a museum, not at Wildfire. Exact original bytes and licence provenance retained.

Depicted date: 2014-02-16

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