Las Vegas poker rooms fold as casino tourism plummets to record lows

Tourism has been taking a hit in Sin City — and now comes news of another poker room closure on the Las Vegas Strip.

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The representative did not elaborate on what new gaming offerings would take the room’s place.It currently features No Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and mixed games.

The closure will leave just eight poker rooms open on theLas Vegas Strip, according to the blog “Vital Vegas.”

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Resorts World announces they will be closing their poker room on March 30.(iStock)

Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist and the host of “The Robby Starbuck Show,� 

“Now nearly everyone under 40 who bets seems to do it online,” Starbuck said.

The closure of a poker room by Resorts World (not pictured) will leave just eight poker rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas Stripgaming revenuefell 11% year over year, from $840,093,428 in January 2025 to $747,655,527 in January 2026, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB).

Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total gaming win of roughly $1.35 billion in January of this year, dropping 6.55% compared to the same month last year, according to the NGCB.

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Over 38 million people visited Las Vegas in 2025 — down 7.5% from 2024.(Ashley J.

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There were 38,545,700 people who visited Sin City — down 7.5% from 2024, the report said. 

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The highest visitation year ever recorded in Las Vegas was in 2019 — with 42,523,700 people coming by.

That was before a dip during the COVID pandemic, according to data that LCVA posted on its website.

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The noted visitor volume in 2025 closely mirrors the levels seen in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Ashley J.