It is owned and operated by Richard Craig Estey (Nevada Restaurant Services).

[2] The resort was created by Las Vegas real estate developer John Midby.

[6][7] It was quietly renamed as the River Palms in June 1998 and held a grand opening that October.

After Columbia's gaming businesses went into bankruptcy, Tropicana Entertainment emerged in March 2010 with most of the company's casinos, including the River Palms.

In May 2013, Tropicana agreed to sell the River Palms for $7 million to M1 Gaming, owner of Boomtown Reno,[9] but the sale never went through.