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A truck stop giant wants to ride to Primm’s rescue before theonce-bustling casino outpost on the California-Nevada border goes dark.
LV Petroleum — a Las Vegas-based company that operates 84 truck stops across 34 states — is interested in taking over the hotels, casinos and other amenities in Primm,according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
CEO Kris Roach told the outlet Wednesday that the company hopes to quickly strike a deal with the Primm family, which owns the land, and Affinity Gaming, the tenant that has operated the businesses there.
“We would like to operate everything at the exit, the hotels, the casinos, the truck stop, the stores, pretty much from farm to table,” Roach told the Review-Journal. “We would like to revive the whole exit.”
The possible takeover could provide a sudden glimmer of hope for Primm Valley Resorts, the quirky desert pit stop along Interstate 15 that once greeted millions of Californians on their was to Las Vegas.
Operations at Primm Valley Resort, Buffalo Bill’s, Whiskey Pete’s, the Primm Center and the Flying J Truck Stop are expected to permanently close by July 4, according to a termination notice posted on May 6.
The shutdown is expected to eliminate roughly 344 jobs, and employee housing tenants tied to the casino operations were told to vacate their apartments by July 6.
Roach told the Review-Journal that LV Petroleum is trying to eep the truck stop open before the closing date and hopes to avoid employees losing their jobs.
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