Resorts World Poker room will be closed at the end of March
The poker landscape of the Las Vegas Strip is shrinking again.
Following the closure of poker rooms earlier this year，Resorts World It is also officially confirmed that it will be March 29th Stop the operation of the poker room. This means，Not long after 2026 has just begun, the Las Vegas Strip has lost its second poker room。
Resorts World Opening in 2021, Owned by the poker room 29 card tables, Has also hosted in the past few years PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT)。
However, in 2025 The number of applicants for the NAPT series has declined significantly。 The number of participants in a number of events is lower than in 2024, including the main event. 895 people fell to 738 people。
During NAPT last year, the scene began to circulate. Rumors that Resorts World Poker room may be closed。 Now that these rumors have been officially confirmed, the poker room will be Officially closed on March 29th。
Are poker rooms in Las Vegas decreasing?
In recent years, Las Vegas' tourism industry has shown signs of cooling.
According to statistics，The number of tourists in Las Vegas in 2025 will fall by more than 8% year-on-year%, And this trend seems to have also affected the local poker ecology.
this year End of January，Planet Hollywood The poker room has just been closed. It is worth noting that the poker room is only in Reopened for 8 months after the epidemic。
With the closure of Resorts World, the Las Vegas Strip this year has already Two poker rooms are closed。
Nevertheless, the entire Las Vegas still has 18 poker rooms are in operation, 8 of which are located on the Strip, still is The city with the most poker rooms in the United States。
But this number has indeed appeared since the epidemic Declining trend year by year。
Vegas ten years ago was very different from now
If you go back 10 years ago, There are actually more poker rooms on the Las Vegas Strip, including：
- The Strat (formerly Stratosphere)
- Harrah’s
- Mirage
- Monte Carlo (now Park MGM)
- Luxor
- Excalibur
- Treasure Island
- Flamingo
even Circus Circus and Riviera There was also a poker table back then.
The epidemic has changed the entertainment ecology of the entire casino, and the decline in the number of tourists in recent years has also made it difficult for some poker rooms to maintain operations.
Vegas Poker is still Strong
Although poker rooms are closed, this does not mean that poker in Las Vegas is declining.
In fact, many major events still maintain amazing popularity, such as：
- World Series of Poker（WSOP） Continue to set competition records every year
- Wynn Millions The series is full
- Aria, Bellagio, Wynn, Venetian Waiting for the cash table in the casino is still hot
In other words——
Poker has not disappeared in Las Vegas.
But like Resorts World with Planet Hollywood The successive closure of such poker rooms has indeed led to more discussions about the Vegas poker ecosystem.
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