Clark County has granted a long-term closure of a Primm-Kasino.
In a unanimous vote, the Clark County Commission on Tuesday approved an exception to the county’s license requirement for Affinity Interactive subsidiary Primadonna Company, operator of Whiskey Pete’s, a resort on the western side of Interstate 15 in PrimM on California-Nevada State Line.
According to Affinity’s request, whiskey PETE-one of three hotel-kasino properties run by the company on primar is closed for up to 24 months with the possibility of two six-month extensions for the closure.
County students require a license to be canceled or not -renewable if a licensed property is closed for more than 30 days in a row.
Affinity intends to keep open the nearby whiskey Pete’s Stateline Stop, a truck stop and convenience store. The truck stop has 22 slot machines working under the casino that is not limited gaming license.
Afford leaders explained to gaming regulators in February that they intend to relocate PrimM resort from destination properties to travel resources for motorists running between Las Vegas and Southern California.
“In recent years, and especially post-pandemic, traffic on the state line has proven to be heavily weighted against weekend activity and insufficient to support three full-time casino properties,” said Affinity Senior Vice President and General Counsel Erin Barnett in a letter to county officials.
“The positive news is that the expected development of an airport and associated companies has created the prospects for resuscitation for the area in the coming years,” she said. “But in the meantime, it is not possible to keep all three casino properties staffed, supported and open to the public full time.”
Barnett referred to the future development of southern Nevada additional airport in Ivanpah Valley between Jean and Primm, which will not open until 2037 at the earliest.
Affinity was granted permission in 2013 from the former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board Mark Lipparelli to hold the slot machine in the truck stop’s convenience store during the casino spell license.
In a public hearing during Tuesday’s five minutes of consideration, no one in contrast to the Affinity Plan spoke.
Whiskey Pete was closed in December in what was called a “temporary closure.” In performances before the control card and the Nevada Gaming Commission in February, Scott Butra, President and CEO of Affinity Interactive, who was on licensing as an important employee and to find suitability, explained that the properties in Primm underwent “an exciting transition.”
Buffalo Bill’s and Primm Valley, casinos on the eastern side of I-15, remain open during the transition.
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