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Boyd Gaming Corporation reports that its newest property, South Coast Hotel and Casino, opened to the public Thursday evening.

On Thursday, Gaughan's latest creation, the $600 million South Coast, becomes the first Coast-built casino to open under the Boyd Gaming corporate flag.

Guests entering the $600 million South Coast on Thursday night might be struck by a sense of familiarity.

It's the South Coast Equestrian Center that executives believe will truly set the South Coast property apart from the competition.

With Clark County's unemployment rate hovering at around 4 percent, Kathy Caudell knows her company will face a tough job market when it begins searching for some 2,400 employees to staff the upcoming South Coast resort in southwest Las Vegas.

Construction continues on the newest Boyd Gaming Corp. project, the South Coast casino.

The first resort to open on the 'South Strip,' now more than half built, could eventually have up to 2,000 rooms after a third hotel tower is built to meet future demand, Boyd Gaming Corp. executives said.

Boyd Gaming Corp.'s South Coast property hasn't even opened its doors, but today officials announced plans to double the size of the resort in southern Las Vegas.

South Coast, with an estimated cost of $500 million, will be the fifth locals casino for Coast Casinos Inc.

Shovels of dirt were turned at the groundbreaking of Coast Casinos newest property, South Coast, in Las Vegas.