The casino is open, but the hotel is closed. Whiskey Pete’s is a castle in the brown desert foothills. Because of this, I can easily imagine a life for myself here: everything I own in a room by the highway, every day meeting people I’ll never see again.
#PRIM NEVADA FULL#
I know what it’s like to be a fixed object in a place full of visitors, to be asked, “Where do you commute from?" when you are already home. To sell someone food for the road, to watch them drive away. I worked at resorts in the national parks, and now I live in Las Vegas. I’ve lived most of my life in tourist destinations, staying put while other people move on, and more and more I find myself chasing the pleasure of anonymity. Primm is a place you pass through and forget - that is, if you even noticed it in the first place. Primm is where the little Google Maps voice says Welcome to California. Primm contains three gas stations, three casino resorts (one is open, one is half-open, and one is closed), a golf course, a lottery store, a few fast-food restaurants, and a dying outlet mall. Check-in isn’t until 3, but I arrive early. I’ve been getting the We look forward to greeting you emails and imagining myself 40 minutes outside of Las Vegas, three and a half hours from Los Angeles. I booked a room at Primm Valley Resort and Casino a week in advance. I want to be in Primm because I want to vanish, too. It appears from the highway, and then it vanishes.
It is an in-between place: too close to be a stopping point on the drive to Los Angeles, too far to be its own destination. Primm is on the border of California and Nevada, but it doesn’t seem to exist in either. I am here because I have passed by it many times and I want to know what it feels like to stop and stay. Everyone will assume I’m trapped in Primm because of the flooded roadway.īut I am here on purpose. Also, motorsports fans from near and far hone in on Primm for annual racing events like the Las Vegas Primm 300 and Terrible’s 250 off-road races.IN A FEW HOURS, it will rain so hard that the 15 will close. Also known as playas, several other dry lakebeds can be found throughout the state and are oddly alluring and something to see for yourself! Primm has also hosted several world-famous events, including the 1997 World’s Strongest Man competition. If you’re looking for a nearby natural wonder to immerse yourself in, be sure to check out Ivanpah Dry Lakebed, a popular landsailing destination in Nevada.
#PRIM NEVADA FREE#
Stay in one of these mega resorts, but take advantage of the free transportation shuttle that runs between the three of them for a well-rounded Primm experience. With three enormous casinos- Whiskey Pete’s, Primm Valley Resort & Casino, and Buffalo Bill’s-two championship golf courses, a popular mall, and a thrilling rollercoaster to boot, the town of Primm has a lot to offer Desperado, a rollercoaster at Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino has a 225-foot drop, which makes it one of the tallest rollercoasters in North America. If you’re looking for a less risky way to try your luck, take in some impressive 100- store factory outlet shopping at Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas, just a stone’s throw from the highway.
Residents of Southern California pass through the burg as they head into Las Vegas, and many visitors to California make a pit stop in Primm to try their hand on the tables one more time before leaving the state. Only 40 miles south of Las Vegas, the small-yet exciting community of Primm sits right next to Interstate 15 and is not far from the Nevada-California border.
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