The Colorado Belle is a fixed building made to look like a six-deck replica of a 19th-century Mississippi River paddle steamer riverboat, with 1,168 rooms in two seven-story towers.

[4] Construction began in October, as a joint venture with John Fulton, a Southern California restaurateur[5] and the casino was opened on November 10, 1980.

In June 2007, MGM Mirage sold the Colorado Belle and the Edgewater to a partnership of Anthony Marnell III and Sher Gaming for a total of $200 million.

[15][16] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colorado Belle was among businesses that were ordered by then-Governor Steve Sisolak to close on March 17, 2020, to prevent the spread of the virus.

On May 18, 2020, Golden Entertainment announced that the Colorado Belle would remain closed indefinitely due to the economic impact of the business closures and uncertainty about the market.