Casino resorts in Nevada location, once packed, become ghost town as closure nears

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Derek Stevens, Golden Gate Casino owner & CEO in Las Vegas, told Fox News Digital the hotel has replaced live dealers with entertainment gaming systems as tourism plunges. He explained why. A Nevada location once thrived with multiple casinos, hotels, restaurants and plenty of outlet shopping. Today, the town of Primm will have its last casino hotel close on July 4 — putting 344 people out of work, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas as well as other outlets. "In Nevada, we have a lot of old mining towns where, when the boom ended, or they had used up whatever precious metal they were looking for, everybody cleared out," Michael Green, associate professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), told Fox News Digital. "Primm, I think, could end up being the first gambling ghost town," he said. MAN DISCOVERS 'GHOST TOWN' FULL OF EMPTY, EERIE