An email to Primm Valley Resorts owner Affinity Gaming was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n
Primm Valley was the last of three operating casino resorts in Primm, formerly known as State Line. The castle-shaped Whiskey Pete\u2019s opened in 1977, followed by Primm Valley in 1990 and Buffalo Bill\u2019s in 1994.<\/p>\n
In a letter to the Clark County Board of Commissioners<\/a>, Erin Barnett, Affinity\u2019s vice president and general counsel, wrote in October 2024 that \u201ctraffic at the state line has proved to be heavily weighted towards weekend activity and is insufficient to support three full-time casino properties.\u201d<\/p>\n Along with Primm Valley Resorts, Primadonna Co. LLC, owned by Affinity Gaming, is closing the Primm Center gas station and the Flying J truck stop located at Whiskey Pete\u2019s; that casino closed<\/a> in December 2024.<\/p>\n The termination notice comes nearly a year after Affinity Gaming ended 24\/7 operations at Buffalo Bill\u2019s Resort on July 6<\/a>. The casino opened on days in which its concert venue, the Star of the Desert Arena, hosted special events.<\/p>\n Lights glow on the Buffalo Bill\u2019s Resort and Casino sign on July 6, 2025, in Primm, Nev.<\/p>\n (Bridget Bennett \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear what happens to music and magic acts booked until July 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not known how long other Affinity-owned properties in the area, such as the popular Lotto Store<\/a> on the California side of the border, will continue to operate. Nevadans have been known to drive for several miles<\/a> and wait in long lines to buy Powerball tickets, particularly when jackpots creep into 10 figures.<\/p>\n The notice informed employees \u201cthis action is expected to result in the permanent termination of employment for all employees at these locations.\u201d<\/p>\n As late as September, Primm Valley Resorts emailed media members promoting renovated rooms and signature experiences at its final resort.<\/p>\n Primm once shined as one of Nevada\u2019s more popular gambling resorts. The three-casino complex served as a less expensive, less flashy, slightly more kitschy alternative to Las Vegas that benefited from being a good 45 minutes closer to Los Angeles than Sin City.<\/p>\n Several factors have contributed to Primm\u2019s slow decline, including the COVID pandemic and increased competition from casinos popping up on tribal lands in California.<\/p>\n Those newer casinos are easier to get to than Primm from key Southern California population centers, reducing the value proposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Primm Valley Resorts, the last full-time casino among a cluster of three off Interstate 15 in Primm, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[71248,127725,7,9,8,127726,77849,1501,127727,217,828,127728,5679,63,127722,127723,45045,127724],"class_list":["post-302495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-affinity","tag-buffalo-bill","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-side","tag-california-nevada-border","tag-casino","tag-castle-shaped-whiskey-pete","tag-day","tag-employee","tag-erin-barnett","tag-july","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-primm","tag-primm-valley-resorts","tag-resort","tag-termination-notice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lights](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778070072_728_.jpeg\")
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