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Property and Equipment, Net (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 4,138,953,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross		$ 4,131,026,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation	1,888,157,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment		1,844,918,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property and equipment, net	2,250,796,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet		2,286,108,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense	45,100,000us-gaap_Depreciation	57,700,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	229,684,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember		229,684,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings and Improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	2,528,526,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember		2,534,618,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	1,109,614,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember		1,079,878,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember
Riverboats and Barges
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	238,723,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = byd_RiverboatsAndBargesMember		239,669,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = byd_RiverboatsAndBargesMember
Construction in Progress
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	24,034,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		35,675,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
Other
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 8,372,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember		$ 11,502,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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