She sailed 1954–2004 and came down in 2006. This is her memorial — nothing here is for sale.

1961 color postcard view of the Showboat's swimming pool with the white riverboat facade behind it, twin black smokestacks, a lit SHOWBOAT sign, yellow Bingo neon script on the red casino block, and guests lounging poolside — 1961. The pool, the paddlewheel, and the Bingo script in one frame — the whole show, ready for your visit. Photo: Ferris H. Scott, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Las Vegas’ original Showboat — moored on Fremont Street since 1954

Welcome aboard!

A Mississippi riverboat, docked in the desert — with a pool at her bow, bingo in her hold, and the friendliest price on ham and eggs in the state of Nevada.

106bowling lanes — the most in America

1,054slot machines, says our own 1984 picture show

49¢ham and eggs — the plate that made us famous

24hours a day — the lanes never close

The Showboat casino frontage in 1968 seen across its large parking lot dotted with 1960s cars — Acres of free parking at the front door, 1968. Drive right up. Photo: Butch, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Drive right up

Free parking, acres of it.

Right at the front door. Leave the car, take the gangplank.

The Strip is seven minutes west — we’re the reason you’d drive the other way.