Silver City Casino, Casino on Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, US

Silver City Casino was a 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada, opened by Major Riddle in 1974 on the site of the short-lived Riata Casino. Circus Circus Enterprises bought it in 1981 for $30 million and refurbished the interior and exterior. It closed on October 31, 1999, and was demolished in 2004 for the Silver City Plaza shopping center.

Major Riddle opened Silver City Casino in 1974 on the site of the Riata Casino, which had operated less than a year after opening in 1973. Circus Circus Enterprises bought it in 1981 for $30 million and refurbished the interior and exterior. It closed on October 31, 1999, and was demolished in 2004 for the Silver City Plaza shopping center.

The name came from the Silver City mining boom of the 1860s in Nevada, and the casino traded on that frontier imagery. After Circus Circus Enterprises bought it in 1981 for $30 million, the company refurbished the interior and exterior. A marquee for the casino still stands on Convention Center Drive as of November 2021.

The casino stood on the Las Vegas Strip at Convention Center Drive in Winchester, Nevada. It was demolished in 2004 for the Silver City Plaza shopping center, and a Walgreens store opened on the property on November 30, 1999. A marquee for the casino still stood on Convention Center Drive as of November 2021.

In 1991 Silver City became the first casino on the Las Vegas Strip to ban cigarette smoking. The ban was not a temporary experiment: it stayed in force until the casino closed on October 31, 1999. A marquee for the casino still stood on Convention Center Drive as of November 2021.