IN THIS TOGETHER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2015-2017 COMPANYWIDE GIVING: MORE THAN $42 MILLION 2 MAKING A DIFFERENCE. TOGETHER. Today, Boyd Gaming Corporation is one of the largest and And while charitable giving is a central part of our most successful casino operators in the United States. culture, we strive to help in other ways as well. But our mission has always been about more than size Through our diversity initiatives, we create career and or profit. From our earliest days, we have strived to share business opportunities for the diverse range of people our success with others, and to have a profound and who call our communities home. lasting impact on the communities where we operate. Through our commitment to sustainability, we help This was a philosophy that began with our co-founder preserve our natural resources, and protect the and first CEO, Sam Boyd. It was Sam who brought the environment. United Way to southern Nevada in the 1950s, and the Boys & Girls Clubs to Las Vegas in the 1960s. And when And through our commitment to being an employer Sam helped found Boyd Gaming in 1975, he and his of choice, we provide thousands of good-paying jobs, family made sure that this commitment to giving back offering our team members a workplace where they feel became a core part of the Company’s culture and identity. valued, welcomed and able to pursue a rewarding career. Today, we proudly carry on this legacy. On behalf of the entire Boyd Gaming family, we appreciate your interest in our Company and our On average, Boyd Gaming and its properties contribute Corporate Social Responsibility efforts. We look forward more than $14 million a year to thousands of non-profit to partnering with you in supporting and strengthening organizations in communities across the United States, the communities we call home. making a meaningful and positive impact on the lives of our neighbors. William S. Boyd Keith Smith Marianne Boyd Johnson Executive Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer 2 1 PHILANTHROPY Giving back to our communities is a foundational part of our mission and our culture. COMMUNITY & CULTURE In Northwood, Iowa, our Diamond Jo Casino For more than 40 years, Boyd Gaming and its team contributes to the Buffalo Center Historical Society, members have been committed supporters of the United an organization devoted to educating, preserving and Way. Each year, our Company and team members promoting the historic town of Buffalo Center and collectively donate more than $1 million to United surrounding communities. Way chapters across the country, helping support the communities in which we operate. Dubuque Main Street, a model urban Main Street program, is an organization supported by Boyd Gaming’s Nationwide, Boyd Gaming is proud to support our Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, Iowa. It is dedicated to military community through the USO. In Las Vegas, the development and ongoing support of the Dubuque our Orleans Arena partners with the local chapter to downtown area. provide complimentary or discounted show tickets throughout the year. Boyd Gaming is also a prominent supporter of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation, advice and education to low-income residents who are unable to afford legal services. In Biloxi, Mississippi, our IP Casino Resort Spa is a major supporter of the Bacot McCarty Foundation, a non-profit that assists youth and education programs throughout the BOYD GAMING TEAM MEMBERS Mississippi Gulf Coast community. Through our support, VOLUNTEER THOUSANDS OF the Foundation is able to assist a number of organizations, HOURS ANNUALLY. such as the Mississippi Maritime Museum, Boys and Girls Club of Jackson County and the YMCA. 2 Since our Company was founded more than 43 years ago, Boyd Gaming and its team members have been committed supporters of the United Way. We are among the leading contributors to United Way chapters across the country, donating approximately $5 million over the last 5 years. Boyd Gaming Executive Chairman Bill Boyd with Garth Winkler, CEO Emeritus of the United Way of Southern Nevada. Celebrating the grand opening of the Boyd Gaming Meeting Room at the headquarters of United Way of Southern Nevada. Boyd Gaming recently pledged $200,000 to Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, a non-profit law center dedicated to providing legal representation to those who cannot afford an attorney. The Center specializes in serving victims of domestic violence and Boyd Gaming Executive Chairman Bill Boyd with Kris Engelstad McGarry, consumer fraud, as well as children in the Engelstad Foundation Trustee; Barbara Buckley, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada; and Patricia Lee, Legal Aid Center of Southern foster care system. Nevada Board Member. 2 3 Boyd Gaming is a prominent supporter of Opportunity Village, a non-profit organization serving southern Nevada residents with intellectual disabilities. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Las Vegas. The Ruvo Center provides advanced care to In Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming is a long-time supporter of Nevadans with neurodegenerative diseases, and supports Opportunity Village, a local non-profit organization cutting-edge research into new treatment methods. dedicated to serving adults with intellectual and related disabilities in southern Nevada. Through its vocational Boyd Gaming regularly supports American Red Cross training, employment programs and enrichment disaster relief efforts across the nation. We provided programs, Opportunity Village is devoted to enhancing much-needed financial support to the Red Cross of the lives of those with intellectual disabilities, and the Louisiana after widespread flooding, and to the Red Cross lives of the families who love them. in Mississippi after severe tornadoes in Hattiesburg. And in Las Vegas, we provide discounted hotel rooms to assist Boyd Gaming is a supporter of the Cleveland Clinic’s local Red Cross clients displaced from their homes by Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, located in downtown fires or other disasters. 4 Top: Boyd Gaming Senior Vice President of Operations Vince Schwartz presents $50,000 to American Red Cross in support of flood relief efforts in Louisiana.Bottom: The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health recognizes Boyd Gaming Executive Chairman Bill Boyd with a Community Leadership Award, in honor of his long-time philanthropic efforts throughout the Las Vegas Valley. 4 5 Holiday trees on display at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino Hotel in Vinton, Louisiana. TREES OF HOPE A Boyd Gaming holiday tradition, Trees of Hope promotes the “season of giving” nationwide. Since we founded this program at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino Hotel in southwest Louisiana more than 10 years ago, Trees of Hope has expanded to 14 Boyd Gaming properties nationwide. Benefiting nearly 100 non-profit organizations each year, Trees of Hope provides cash support to local charities, as well as invaluable exposure in their communities. Through Trees of Hope, Boyd Gaming has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local charities serving the many communities we call home. 6 Tony Taeubel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, presents a $2,000 first-prize check to A Home for Spot, a Las Vegas-based animal rescue organization. 6 7 The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit at the National World War II museum in New Orleans, sponsored by Boyd Gaming and Treasure Chest Casino. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES supported by Boyd Gaming’s IP Casino Resort Spa, this In Louisiana, Boyd Gaming’s Treasure Chest Casino museum provides compelling exhibits and educational contributes to the Italian-American Fishing Rodeo experiences relevant to the Gulf Coast region. benefiting theNew Orleans Children’s Hospital, while Delta Downs Racetrack Casino Hotel supports the Through their partnership with Boyd Gaming’s Blue CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles. Chip Casino Hotel Spa in Michigan City, Indiana organizations such as the Michigan City Zoo and The Diamond Jo Casino supports the Meals on Wheels Salvation Army are able to enhance their services and program in Northwood, Iowa, helping provide regular programs to better serve the Michigan City community. meals and company to hundreds of local seniors in its community. As a longtime partner of Vacations Hawaii, the Great Aloha Run is able to assist charities throughout Hawaii COMMUNITY AND CULTURE and its military community. In New Orleans, The National WWII Museum recently honored Boyd Gaming and Treasure Chest as the named EDUCATION sponsors of one of the museum’s newest exhibit, The In Peoria, Illinois, Boyd Gaming’s Par-A-Dice Hotel Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George Brown Casino partners with Peoria Promise, a non-profit Salute to the Home Front. organization that supports economic development by encouraging local high school graduates to pursue In Shreveport, Louisiana, Boyd Gaming’s Sam’s Town college and/or vocational programs. Hotel and Casino supports the African-American History Parade, dedicated to preserving African- Through the Kansas All-Star Scholars Fund, Kansas American history for future generations. Star Casino Hotel Event Center helps defray school supply costs for students and teachers throughout Preserving the diverse cultural heritage of the Mississippi Sumner County, Kansas. Additionally, the Scholars Fund Gulf Coast and the legacy of Biloxi artist George E. provides a college scholarship to all qualifying Sumner Ohr, is the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Generously County students upon their graduation from high school. 8 As a long-time partner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming recently pledged $2.5 million toward the construction of a new, state-of-the-art home for the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, widely considered to be one of the world’s elite hospitality education programs.