LAUGHLIN — Southern Nevada doesn’t have casino boats cruising the Colorado River, but it has a hotel built to look like one on the banks of the waterway: the Colorado Belle.

The resort, however, has been closed since the pandemic hit. And more than five years later, there’s still no word on what will happen to the riverboat-themed property in Laughlin, a small casino town roughly 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

Casino and tavern operator Golden Entertainment acquired the Colorado Belle in 2019 as part of a deal that included the Edgewater hotel-casino in Laughlin and the Laughlin Event Center. Golden also owns the Aquarius resort in Laughlin, which it acquired in 2017 through a separate transaction.

Aquarius, Edgewater and the outdoor concert venue are all open and operating. But the

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