Resorts World Las Vegas is closing its poker room as travel 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 be “introducing new gaming opportunities to replace the poker room.” It’s unclear what the new games will be.
The poker room offers No Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and mixed games, according to the Resorts World website. The room has a dedicated tournament area with “high payouts.”
The Independent has reached out to Resorts World Las Vegas for comment.
Resorts World is fairly new to the Las Vegas Strip, opening its doors in June 2021. Once its poker room closes at the end of the month, there will be just eight poker rooms on the Strip, according to the blog Vital Vegas.
Vital Vegas reported in January on the closure of Planet Hollywood’s poker room, which opened just a few months before.
The poker room closures come at a time when Las Vegas tourism is declining.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said in a January news release that Sin City had just 38.5 million visitors last year. While that may seem a lot, it’s a 7.5 percent decrease from 2024, according to the LVCVA.
LVCVA pointed to “more cautious consumer sentiment” and “ongoing international travel considerations” as to why tourism may be down.
As Americans struggle with the cost of living, they may be less inclined to take a vacation.
“The spending slowdown is real,” Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, an organization that provides audit, tax and advisory services, told The Washington Post last summer. “Consumers are stressed, and this is where we’re seeing it first: in domestic flights, hotels, and a lot of other service-sector spending.”
Not only is domestic travel down but fewer foreign travelers are visiting the U.S.
Visits to the U.S. were down among 10 of the top 20 international tourist-generating countries in 2025, Business Insider reported in January.
“Las Vegas operates at a scale that few destinations can match, and 2025 required us to remain nimble as conditions evolved,” Steve Hill, president and CEO of the LVCVA, said in January.
“Despite a challenging environment, convention demand remained steady, the events calendar remained strong, and the destination continued to adapt in real time.”
Those who do visit Sin City are spending less time gambling. The LVCVA’s 2025 Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study found travelers went to an average of 3.1 casinos during their visit, down from previous years.
Las Vegas’ wedding industry has also taken a hit.
Clark County, which Vegas is part of, experienced more than 70,000 weddings in 2025 — more than 6,000 fewer than the year before, according to Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya.
Despite last year’s grim travel numbers, Sin City remains optimistic that tourism will increase given the many events on the calendar, including the Las Vegas Grand Prix and UFC International Fight Week.
LVCVA also said international travel should increase thanks to the 2026 World Cup and America’s 250th anniversary.
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