PRIMM (KTNV) — A number of state line destinations are shutting their doors, Channel 13 recently learned.
On Tuesday morning, we received confirmation that The Primadonna Company, LLC. will permanently close its operations at multiple properties in Primm.
That includes Primm Valley Resorts, Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino, Whiskey Pete's Hotel & Casino, Primm Center and Flying J.
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) obtained by Channel 13, 344 employees will be permanently terminated.
Operations at these locations have been on the decline over the past several years.
Most recently, Buffalo Bill's announced last summer that they would no longer operate 24/7, with full-time operations shifting to Primm Valley Resort & Casino.
That move came less than a year after Affinity Gaming suspended operations of Whiskey Pete's.
The casino and resort first opened its doors in 1977, and we heard from many locals as their shared their fond memories of the Primm destination:
We've learned that the last day for employees is set for July 4, 2026.
For a lot of people driving in from California, Primm was the first real sign that Las Vegas was close. With this latest announcement, the question many are asking is: what’s left?
Abel Garcia and Alyssa Bethencourt heard the reaction from community members on Wednesday:
Long before it became known as Primm, this area was simply called "State Line."
The casino corridor began taking shape in 1977 with the opening of Whiskey Pete’s. Then came the Primadonna resort in 1990, which is now known as Primm Valley Resort.
Buffalo Bill's followed in 1994, bringing with it the desperado roller coaster, which was at the time considered one of the tallest and fastest in the world.
For years, this was a place where families stopped to eat, gamble, shop, ride the coaster, or just stretch their legs before reaching Las Vegas.
But over time, the crowds got smaller.
Whiskey Pete’s closed back in 2024 and Buffalo Bill’s scaled back operations.
All of this change has left locals and tourists alike thinking about the memories made here and the end of this era.
“I’ve been coming since I was maybe a teenager and I'm 70 years old, and to see it close, it’s starting to look like a ghost town," one person told us. “It’s just sad that it’s going to close.”
While operations are expected to end on July 4, many people stopping by on Wednesday told us it already feels like the end.
A spokesperson for Clark County provided the following statement:
"Clark County is very focused on the impact these closures will have. The County is working on options related to continuity of services for the gas stations to ensure this important resource can continue to be available to the traveling public. Additionally, Clark County Social Services are being engaged to provide resources to those who live and work out there."
Corey Clementson, the President of Primm, Nevada landowner Primm South, and grandson of Primm founder Ernie Primm, issued the following statement on behalf of his family.
"As a member of the Primm family that takes great pride in our decades of serving Nevada residents and visitors, we're saddened to hear about this announcement from Affinity Gaming and its principal owner Z Capital, the New York-based private equity firm that has been leasing and operating these properties for nearly 15 years on the land owned by our family. We hoped that these operators could have done more to make these properties successful and to continue operating the hotel-casino and related properties that they now intend to close. Unfortunately, we weren’t given much notice, but faced with the prospect of hundreds of hard-working Nevadans losing their jobs and many Primm residents being displaced from their homes, members of the Primm family are working tirelessly to find potential solutions for these properties at risk of closing.”
