Overview
- Nevada regulators approved Terrible's Gaming to take over operations at Primm in a special session on Thursday, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for the deal.
- The transfer preserves more than 300 jobs and keeps employer housing open by preventing the planned shutdown that Affinity Gaming had announced in May.
- Terrible's will assume oversight on July 1 under a recommended one-year license designed to allow immediate continuity while the company develops longer-term plans.
- The company's immediate priorities are to keep retail tenants, the fuel and convenience operations, and the Primm Valley Resort open, while plans to reopen Buffalo Bill's and parts of Whiskey Pete's remain preliminary.
- Terrible's returned to Primm with local experience after previously operating the casinos from 2007 to 2010, and officials say longer-term viability will depend on capital investment and broader transport projects that could change visitor traffic over years.