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===Barbary Coast (1979–2007)===
[[File:BarbaryCoastLV.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Barbary Coast in 2000]]
The property was the site of Empey's Desert Villa from 1952. In 1979, it became Barbary Coast. The casino was built by [[Michael Gaughan (businessman)|Michael Gaughan]] and opened on March 2, 1979 at a cost of $11.5 million. Over time, this property, along with others owned by Gaughan would become [[Coast Casinos|Coast Casinos Inc.]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Gaughan offers link to days of old Vegas |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/inside-gaming/gaughan-offers-link-days-old-vegas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313001601/http://www.reviewjournal.com/inside-gaming/gaughan-offers-link-days-old-vegas |archive-date=2014-03-13 |url-status=dead |first=Howard |last=Stutz |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |date=October 28, 2012 |accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref> Gaughan shared partnership in the Barbary Coast with Kenny Epstein, Tito Tiberti, Frank Toti and Jerry Herbst.
In July 2005, [[Boyd Gaming]] purchased the Barbary Coast Hotel.
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In September 2005, Boyd purchased the {{convert|4.3|acre|abbr=on}} of land the hotel occupied for $16 million. The hotel had previously been leasing the land.
In 2007, Boyd gave the Barbary Coast to [[Harrah's Entertainment]] in exchange for the {{convert|11|acre|adj=on}} site of the demolished [[Westward Ho Hotel and Casino|Westward Ho]], to be used for the [[Echelon Place]] project.<ref>{{cite news| title=Michael Gaughan followed father's advice| url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/michael-gaughan-followed-father-s-advice| last=Clarke| first=Norm| work=Las Vegas Review-Journal| |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411205248/http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/michael-gaughan-followed-father-s-advice |archive-date=2014-04-11 |date=April 4, 2014| accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref>
===Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon (2007–2013)===
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The Barbary Coast closed at 2:00 a.m. on February 27 and reopened on March 1 as the newly rebranded Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon, in honor of company founder [[William F. Harrah|Bill Harrah]].<ref>{{cite press release| title=Harrah's Set to Open Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon March 1| url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070301005342&newsLang=en| date=March 1, 2007| publisher=Harrah's Entertainment| work=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref>
After nearly six years of continuous operations, Bill's closed on February 4, 2013, for complete renovation into a [[luxury goods|luxury]] [[boutique hotel]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Bill's Gamblin' Hall to close Feb. 4 for renovations| url=http://www.lvrj.com/business/bill-s-gamblin-hall-to-close-feb-4-for-renovations-181392651.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202034632/http://www.lvrj.com/business/bill-s-gamblin-hall-to-close-feb-4-for-renovations-181392651.html |archive-date=2012-12-02 |first=Howard |last=Stutz |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal| date=November 29, 2012| accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref> Plans called for complete renovation of the entire property, the guest rooms and casino floor, a new restaurant, and construction of a 65,000 square foot rooftop pool and dayclub/nightclub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billslasvegas.com |accessdate=2013-02-28 |title=Bill's Gamblin' Hall |publisher=Caesars License Company, LLC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203233607/http://www.billslasvegas.com/ |archivedate=February 3, 2013 }}</ref>
===The Cromwell (2014–present)===
Caesars announced in March 2013 that the hotel would be renovated at a cost of $185 million and converted to an outpost of the New York-based [[Hotel Gansevoort|Gansevoort Hotels]] chain of boutique luxury hotels, with 188 rooms, a 40,000 square foot casino, and a 65,000 square foot indoor/outdoor beach club/nightclub overseen by [[Victor Drai]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Bill's Gamblin' Hall to reopen as Gansevoort Las Vegas| url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/18/bills-gamblin-hall-reopen-gansevoort-las-vegas/| first=Andrea| last=Domanick| date=March 18, 2013| work=Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> In October 2013, however, Caesars terminated its agreement with Gansevoort and said that it would continue the redevelopment of Bill's without the Gansevoort name. The move came after Massachusetts gambling regulators recommended denying Caesars a license for a proposed casino at the [[Suffolk Downs]] racetrack, due to alleged connections between one of the Gansevoort's investors and the [[Russian mafia]].<ref name=leach>{{cite news| title=Caesars Entertainment and Gansevoort end partnership on the Strip| newspaper=Las Vegas Sun| first=Robin| last=Leach| date=October 20, 2013| url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/oct/20/caesars-entertainment-and-gansevoort-end-partnersh/| |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225005938/https://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/oct/20/caesars-entertainment-and-gansevoort-end-partnersh/ |archive-date=2013-12-25 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref>
Plans announced in late 2013 indicated that [[Giada De Laurentiis]] would open her first [[restaurant]] in the new hotel and that Caesars would run the hotel.<ref>{{cite web| last=Morris| first=David| title=Goodbye Gansevoort—Bill's Is Now The Cromwell| url=http://vegasseven.com/2013/12/15/goodbye-gansevoort-bills-now-cromwell/| work=Vegas Seven| accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref>
Caesars confirmed on January 31, 2014, that the hotel would be named The Cromwell.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Cromwell latest name for former Barbary Coast on the Las Vegas Strip| url=
==Restaurants==
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==Attractions==
===Drai's After Hours===
In 1997, [[Victor Drai]] opened Drai's restaurant on the [[Las Vegas Strip]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Drai's (Restaurant)|url=http://vegas.napkinnights.com/vd/drais_restaurant|publisher=Vegas.Napkinnights.com|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> Two years later, Drai added a nightclub to the restaurant, re-branding it Drai's After Hours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drai's Afterhours|url=http://joonbug.com/lasvegas/clubs/tQSSf6f7bZi|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092648/http://joonbug.com/lasvegas/clubs/tQSSf6f7bZi|archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref> In Vegas Seven's 2012 Nightclub Awards, Drai's After Hours won "Best Place to Disappear".<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Place to Disappear: Drai's After hours|url=http://vegasseven.com/2012/12/20/best-place-disappear-drai-s-after-hours/|publisher=Vegas Seven|accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2010/aug/27/wynn-las-vegas-victor-drai-end-partnership/ Wynn Las Vegas, Victor Drai end partnership] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101205210318/http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2010/aug/27/wynn-las-vegas-victor-drai-end-partnership/ Archived] Amanda Finnegan Fri, Aug 27, 2010 Las Vega Weekly</ref>
===Drai's Beach Club & Nightclub===
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