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Terrible's Hotel & Casino, formerly the Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall, is a defunct casino hotel in Jean, Nevada, approximately 13 mi (21 km) north of the California state line, and about 32 miles (51 km) south of Downtown Las Vegas. It opened in 1987, and closed in 2020. It was owned and operated by JETT Gaming from 2015 until its closure.
The sign in front of the resort had been renamed from Primm Valley Resort and Casino to Terrible's Resort and Casino in 2007 and was renamed back as Primm Valley Resort and Casino in 2011. As of March 23, 2009, the Herbst family relinquished control of the Terrible's Primm Valley Casino Resort, along with both other properties, to their lenders.
Whiskey Pete's was opened in 1977 by Ernest Jay Primm as the first of the casinos [4] to be located at what was then called State Line. In 1993, a new hotel tower was constructed as part of an expansion of the property. [5] In late 1998, Whiskey Pete's offered the roof of the parking garage as a Valley Hospital Flight For Life Base. [citation ...
Primm Valley Casino Resorts (formerly known as Primadonna Casino Resorts) is a group of three hotel-casinos in Primm, Nevada, along Interstate 15 at the California state line. They are owned and operated by Affinity Gaming. It is named after the Primm family, benefactors of the hotel and casino properties by Ernest and Gary Primm.
Terrible's Road House is a gas station in Jean, Nevada off Nevada State Route 161. It contains the World's Largest Chevron and is a tourist trap for people traveling from Las Vegas to California, being about 30 mi (48 km) south of the former. It has 96 pumps, 60 restroom stalls, and a 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m 2) convenience store.
Stateline: Douglas: Nevada: South Lake Tahoe: Formerly the Stateline Country Club and the Nevada Club Harrah's Las Vegas: Paradise: Clark: Nevada: Las Vegas Strip: Harrah's Laughlin: Laughlin: Clark: Nevada: Laughlin: Harrah's Reno: Reno: Washoe: Nevada: Reno: defunct closed 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Will become a mixed-use development ...
The hotel and casino straddled the official border between Nevada and Utah. For a long time there was a white line across the floor. A patron could eat on the Utah side then step over the line and gamble in Nevada. [1] It began business in 1931 when gambling became legal again in Nevada after being outlawed on October 1, 1910 at midnight. [4]
Harrah's was established in Lake Tahoe when William F. Harrah purchased George's Gateway Club in January 1955, for $500,000. Harrah's Lake Club opened on June 20, 1955, and was later renamed Harveys Lake Tahoe. In 1956, Harrah's Lake Club was sold for $5.25 million in cash to Harvey Gross, which at the time was the most expensive casino ...