The last resort standing in\u00a0Primm may not close after all: At the eleventh hour, an operator has swept in to save the Primm Valley Casino Resorts on the border of California and Nevada.<\/p>\n
Since the COVID pandemic, the unusual town of Primm<\/a>, best known for its casinos and towering roller coaster, has struggled. Right off Interstate 15 on the way between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, visitation has steadily decreased over the last five years. Buffalo Bill\u2019s and Whiskey Pete\u2019s recently closed<\/a>, and earlier this year, it was announced that operations would cease<\/a> at Primm Valley Casino Resorts, the last resort in the town.<\/p>\n But last week, the Primm family announced another local family is taking over operations at the hotel, which was slated to close by July 4. The new operator is Terrible\u2019s, a gas station and convenience store giant owned by the Herbst family. Terrible\u2019s is no stranger to the area. They used to own the Terrible\u2019s Hotel and Casino in nearby Jean, where the family still boasts the world\u2019s largest Chevron gas station<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cory Clemetson, who is the grandson of Primm\u2019s founder Ernie Primm, said in a press release that the two families are \u201cdoing everything possible\u201d to prevent the hotel from closing in July. The resort’s previous operator, Affinity Gaming, planned to shut down the location by early July.\u00a0<\/p>\n