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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.
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.