Boomtown, Inc. was an American

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company founded in 1988 and was based in

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and was the headquarters of Boomtown Reno. It was acquired on July 1, 1997, by Hollywood Park, Inc. (now

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) for $188 million. The company agreed on January 19, 1995, to buy

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for $500 million, to be partly financed by

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, which had spun off National months earlier. Boomtown cancelled the deal on April 4, 1995, because of shareholder objections.

List of properties

* Boomtown Biloxi —

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* Boomtown Las Vegas —

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— Harvey,

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* Boomtown Reno —

References

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