Dead Casino: Poking Around the Ruins of the Goldstrike Casino in Jean, Nevada



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Date of adventure: 12/17/23

The demolition of the long-shuttered Goldstrike (a/k/a Terrible’s) Casino in Jean has begun! Join me as I snoop around the ruins of this dying hulk of a building… and get robo-scolded by the fake security!

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50 thoughts on “Dead Casino: Poking Around the Ruins of the Goldstrike Casino in Jean, Nevada”

  1. Pretty sure the CRT monitors were part of the security system – or they could have been some display. Like maybe Keno boards. They were probably replaced with flatscreens and put in storage since it's a hassle to dispose of them (they're actually considered hazardous waste). There's a place in the San Fernando Valley (in SoCal) that sells old hotel furniture, as well. I bought a pretty cool coffee table an ashtray, and a pair of extremely comfortable and well made arm chairs that came from the Beverly Hills Hotel there for really cheap. Also – there's a prison right behind this hotel. I'm sure that hotel got busy on the weekends during visiting days (I learned the hard way never to stay at cheap places near prisons – not exactly a nice crowd).

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  2. Across the Freeway in Jean was the Nevada Landing, demolished in 2010. I stayed at the Gold Strike once, it was really dirty and yes I used to stop at Primm from Los Angeles in the 80's & 90's,. Caught your other sad video there on Primm. I grew up with Terrible Herbst in the 70's, they are not just in Nevada.

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  3. I was just in Las Vegas, one interesting thing I saw on the news is that they want to build a new airport there in Jean, I bet when they do that they will build more hotels there….lol

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  4. I stayed there as a kid with my family. We were driving back home to the Bay Area from a road trip vacation (don’t remember where we visited) and my parents wanted to stop since it was getting late and the rooms were $19.99 per night. My brother and I were so excited since my dad got 2 adjoining rooms so my brother and I had our own room and beds! It was amazing! Our first order of business was to jump on the beds back and forth. We went and played in the arcade while our parents went to the casino and we were supposed to meet back at the room at a certain time. My mom won the most she ever had which was $800 and she only played the lower cost slots. It was great memories from my pre-teen family trip.

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  5. I stayed there cause I can just drive up from LA and walked in to get a room late. It was cheap too. Then it is just easy to drive to Vegas in the morning for the various trade shows like CES etc. There used to be another casino called Nevada Landing across the other side of the I15, and provided shuttle back and forth between the 2 casinos. The casino had a homey feel, and I have caught a few shows as well. They even had a good New York steak deal, and I remembered the price at $6.99 (wow, when was that?). I did see a development plan on Jean by the Mirage Group, and it looked back then that Jean was going to be something great. Don't remember the time frame, but I am sure it was before the banking crisis.

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  6. They can use that old building to house homeless at least it’s not wasted, there’s so many Veterans homeless that needs help, why not help them, instead of demolishing them, those billionaires out there use these building converted to house the homeless, at least you do something for someone 16:14

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  7. I stayed at the gold strike in 2016. It was a weird very weird place. The entire staff was russian. Whay did i stay here, well i was driving from San Diego and made many stops along the way. By the time i got here i was nodding off and simply couldnt drive anymore. It was probably 1 am and i couldnt make it the extra 30 minutes to vegas proper

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  8. There is a store here in Phoenix called Irca, they get a lot of their furniture and that from Vegas and other big hotel chains. The first couch and TV came from there. The couch came from the Venetian and I don't remember what hotel the TV came from.

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  9. It's been awhile since I've seen one of your videos and I am not sure why. You make the mundane interesting with your nuggets of knowledge, sense of humor, and bright personality, all of which I enjoy. Keep up the great work and all the best in the New Year.

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  10. I think I took a nap in the parking lot one time I was too tired to drive to Vegas from SoCal. It was dead back then, but I remembered their super old car collections on display.

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  11. I was just there. I stayed there a few years ago. I loved being able to find a room during CES 20 years ago without reservations. Like 50 bucks a night. I loved the view. I was sad they closed.

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  12. That old casino was a landmark location in my life while I lived in Vegas. Years ago, my grandparents would take us out there to the desert then finish by having lunch or dinner at the Gold Strike’s Gold Rush cafe. It was pretty good for food coming from a filthy casino. Never been to Nevada Landing before, which of course was across the interstate, and demolished. They had plans to completely develop the town of Jean with housing, as well as a new casino on the old Nevada Landing site but then the recession happened, and that killed the development plans. Gold Strike survived-Partially……

    In 2011, the Gold Rush Cafe in the Gold Strike was closed down. They still had the Bonanza Buffet, but it wasn’t as good. They also removed a major portion of their slot machines. The hotel tower also was closed down. Right when the Herbst family bought it, the place was already fading away.

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