Primm Valley Resort to Shut 624 Rooms July 4, Eliminating 344 Jobs

10 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 20

July 4 will mark the end of gaming in Primm when Primm Valley Resort & Casino closes, leaving 344 employees without work and shutting the town’s last operating casino hotel.
Years of falling tourism drove the decision, with UNLV researchers saying Primm never fully recovered from the COVID-era slump and lost its border-stop appeal as gambling expanded in California and Las Vegas.
Affinity Interactive and owner Z Capital have leased and operated the Primm properties for nearly 15 years; the shutdown will also take 624 hotel rooms and suites offline.
Cory Clemetson, grandson of founder Ernie Primm, criticized the operators and said his family is exploring ways to revive the properties to prevent the border town from going dark.
Whiskey Pete’s closed in December 2024 and Buffalo Bill’s shifted to special-event operations in July 2025, fueling warnings that Primm could become Nevada’s first gambling ghost town.

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