“Downtown Henderson has really come on strong in the last few years,” Brooks said. What was once considered a sleepy downtown area has grown significantly - and Emerald Island Casino has grown along with it. The gaming establishment opened its doors on May 23, 2003, and celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday. ![]() “We were running around like a chicken without a head getting ready to open,” he said.īrooks and co-owner - and twin brother - Mike bought the Pot O’Gold Casino in 2001 and the pair spent the next year and a half, and about $2 million, renovating the closed casino in downtown Henderson’s Historic Water Street District. ![]() (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal Island Casino co-owner Tim Brooks remembers where he was 20 years ago this week. ![]() Emerald Island Casino Owner Tim Brooks outside of the Emerald Island Casino off South Water Street in Henderson on Wednesday, Aug.
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