The two properties are 10.4 miles (16.7 km) apart, with a third ACEP property, Stratosphere Tower located approximately midway between the two. The property was renamed Arizona Charlie's Boulder, as a companion name to Arizona Charlie's Decatur. In January 2000, American Casino & Entertainment Properties purchased Sunrise Suites on Clark County's Boulder Highway for $43.3 million. In July 1998, Bruce Becker's $92 million loan from United Healthcare collapsed and ownership of the property passed to Carl Icahn and American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP). Icahn fought for control of Arizona Charlie's throughout the bankruptcy process. In November 1997 investor Carl Icahn bought a majority of Arizona Charlie's mortgage notes, making him the bankrupt resort's largest creditor. It underwent a $40 million expansion in 1994, when the 31-year-old bowling alley, Vons supermarket and former location of Pistol Pete's/Peter Piper's Pizza were demolished to make way for a larger casino, quickly becoming a neighborhood favorite and local's hangout. The $18 million casino resort opened in April 1988.

The casino's namesake was a distant relative, 'Arizona' Charlie Meadows, a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He made the decision to expand the bowling alley into a casino.

Their son Bruce Becker came to Las Vegas in 1971 and was put in charge of running Charleston Heights Bowling. In 1963, just south of a shopping project on Decatur, between Charleston Boulevard and what was formerly West Fremont Street (presently now US 95), the Becker family built Charleston Heights Bowling, a bowling alley with 36 lanes and slot machines. It is owned and operated by Golden Entertainment.Īrizona Charlie's Decatur (and Arizona Charlie's Boulder) are the results of original efforts by the Becker family, long established developers in Las Vegas. Arizona Charlie's Decatur is a 258-room hotel and casino with a 59,000-square-foot (5,500 m 2) locals casino in the Charleston Heights area of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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