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

A berth for every budget

Stay Aboard

One hundred rooms off the lawns when she opened in 1954 — some five hundred once the tower went up. Quiet wings, green walks, and the whole boat outside your door.

A restored 1950s Showboat brochure photograph of a guest room with a pink bedspread, lilac and gold striped floor-to-ceiling drapes, two purple upholstered chairs at a marble-top table, a period television set, brass lamps, and a lit vanity in the foreground — A double room from the opening brochure, 1954–55: pink spread, striped drapes, purple chairs, and a television set. Photo: Showboat promotional brochure, 1954–55, via Vintage Las Vegas · AI-upscaled, 2026 · Presumed public domain (US promotional material published 1954–55, no renewal found) — displayed with credit; removal on request

The garden wings

Two stories, shaded walks, and the pool a bathrobe’s distance away.

The tower

Nineteen stories by 1976. Ask for a high floor — the desert goes on forever.

A landscaped walkway with lawns and young trees leading past the Showboat's low white hotel wings in 1968 — The landscaped walk to your room, 1968 — lawns and shade all the way. Photo: Butch, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Off the lawns

The landscaped walk to your door.

Lawns and shade the whole way — and the boat waiting at the end of it.

The Showboat hotel lobby entrance and riverboat facade illuminated at night in 1968, photographed in vertical format — The lobby lit for evening, 1968. Photo: Butch, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

A restored 1950s Showboat brochure photograph of a suite living area with two ochre daybed sofas with striped bolsters, white marble nesting tables, a green armchair, floral drapes, and an orange table lamp beside a rotary telephone — The suite's living area, from the same brochure — marble nesting tables, striped bolsters, and a telephone at the elbow. Photo: Showboat promotional brochure, 1954–55, via Vintage Las Vegas · AI-upscaled, 2026 · Presumed public domain (US promotional material published 1954–55, no renewal found) — displayed with credit; removal on request

Television in the room, sunshine at the door.