[1] Sahara Gaming attempted to sell 40 acres (16 ha) of land to Players International in 1994.
[4] Santa Fe Valley was announced in 1994, and construction was expected to begin in July 1996.
The start of construction was delayed several times because of poor financial quarters for Santa Fe Gaming and because of the company not yet receiving financing for the project.
Site preparation started in July 1998, with an opening date scheduled for December 1999, but construction never began.
[7] In March 2013, Boston-based private equity firm Esplanade Capital, Archon's second-largest shareholder, offered to buy the company for $101.5 million.