One Vegas Casino Is Closing Its Poker Room As Travel To Sin City Continues To Dip

Resorts World Las Vegas is closing its poker room arsenic recreation to Sin City continues to dip.

The casino’s poker room will shutter March 30, Resorts World confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Resorts World said it will beryllium “introducing caller gaming opportunities to switch nan poker room.” It’s unclear what nan caller games will be.

The poker room offers No Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and mixed games, according to nan Resorts World website. The room has a dedicated tourney area pinch “high payouts.”

The Independent has reached retired to Resorts World Las Vegas for comment.

Resorts World is reasonably caller to nan Las Vegas Strip, opening its doors successful June 2021. Once its poker room closes astatine nan extremity of nan month, location will beryllium conscionable 8 poker rooms connected nan Strip, according to nan blog Vital Vegas.

Vital Vegas reported successful January connected nan closure of Planet Hollywood’s poker room, which opened conscionable a fewer months before.

The poker room closures travel astatine a clip erstwhile Las Vegas tourism is declining.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said successful a January news merchandise that Sin City had conscionable 38.5 cardinal visitors past year. While that whitethorn look a lot, it’s a 7.5 percent alteration from 2024, according to nan LVCVA.

LVCVA pointed to “more cautious user sentiment” and “ongoing world recreation considerations” arsenic to why tourism whitethorn beryllium down.

As Americans struggle pinch nan costs of living, they whitethorn beryllium little inclined to return a vacation.

“The spending slowdown is real,” Diane Swonk, main economist astatine KPMG, an statement that provides audit, taxation and advisory services, told The Washington Post past summer. “Consumers are stressed, and this is wherever we’re seeing it first: successful home flights, hotels, and a batch of different service-sector spending.”

Not only is home recreation down but less overseas travelers are visiting nan U.S.

Visits to nan U.S. were down among 10 of nan apical 20 world tourist-generating countries successful 2025, Business Insider reported successful January.

“Las Vegas operates astatine a standard that fewer destinations tin match, and 2025 required america to stay nimble arsenic conditions evolved,” Steve Hill, president and CEO of nan LVCVA, said successful January.

“Despite a challenging environment, normal request remained steady, nan events almanac remained strong, and nan destination continued to accommodate successful existent time.”

Those who do sojourn Sin City are spending little clip gambling. The LVCVA’s 2025 Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study found travelers went to an mean of 3.1 casinos during their visit, down from erstwhile years.

Las Vegas’ wedding manufacture has besides taken a hit.

Clark County, which Vegas is portion of, knowledgeable much than 70,000 weddings successful 2025 — much than 6,000 less than nan twelvemonth before, according to Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya.

Despite past year’s grim recreation numbers, Sin City remains optimistic that tourism will summation fixed nan galore events connected nan calendar, including nan Las Vegas Grand Prix and UFC International Fight Week.

LVCVA besides said world recreation should summation acknowledgment to nan 2026 World Cup and America’s 250th anniversary.