formerly called primadonna resorts inc. industry gaming hospitality founded 1990 ; 26 years ago 1990 founder gary primm headquarters primm nevada u.s. owner affinity gaming website official website primm valley casino resorts formerly known as primadonna casino resorts is a group of three hotel casinos in primm nevada along interstate 15 at the california state line . they are owned and operated by affinity gaming . the hotels are a popular stop on the drive between las vegas and california . the various hotels are connected across i 15 by both a monorail and a defunct amusement train line that was connected with buffalo bill s and whiskey pete s. contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 former 3 references 4 external links history edit primadonna casino resorts logo 1990 1999 the hotels were built by gary primm and the primm family at state line nevada the informal name for the area . the family s history in the area is the reason why it received the official name of primm . whiskey pete s was the first of their hotels . the primadonna resort was the second hotel built and it was later renamed as the primm valley resort . these two hotels are connected by a single car monorail across the i 15 . buffalo bill s was the third hotel built . buffalo bill s and primm valley resort are connected by a monorail . the company acquired an option to buy an 18 acre site on the las vegas strip . 1 gary primm of primadonna resorts approached mgm grand inc. president bob maxey in 1994 with an idea for the site a casino recreating the new york skyline . 2 a joint venture was formed between the two companies and construction began in march 1995 . 3 completed at a cost of 460 million the new york new york hotel and casino opened in january 1997 . 4 terrible s primm valley casino resorts logo 2007 2011 the las vegas outlet mall was added as a part of the primadonna resort in 1998 . 5 on march 1 1999 mgm grand inc. acquired primadonna resorts in an all stock transaction that had been announced on november 9 1998 . 6 since the initiation of new york new york analysts had speculated that mgm grand or primadonna would buy out the other s interest in the project . 7 instead of making such a cash intensive purchase 8 however mgm agreed to buy primadonna outright for 276 million in stock plus 336 million in assumed debt . 9 the merger closed in march 1999 10 giving mgm ownership of three casinos and two golf courses at the nevada california state line in addition to full control of new york new york . on october 31 2006 mgm announced plans to sell primm valley resorts to herbst gaming for 400 million . the proposed sale would not include the primm valley golf club . 11 the sale closed on april 10 2007 . operations edit buffalo bill s fashion outlets of las vegas primm valley resort & casino star of the desert arena whiskey pete s several gas stations and convenience stores that surround the casinos and the lottery and convenience store located on a portion of the property in california . former edit primm valley golf club new york new york hotel and casino 50 % with mgm grand inc. references edit burbank jeff november 14 1992 . kerkorian to buy corner of tropicana strip . las vegas review journal . via factiva subscription required palermo dave august 5 1994 . new resort to join strip lineup . las vegas review journal . via factiva subscription required green marian march 31 1995 . las vegas gets taste of big apple . las vegas review journal . via factiva subscription required berns dave january 4 1997 . visitors rush to see little big apple . las vegas review journal . via factiva subscription required spillman benjamin april 4 2007 . primm mall set to add space . las vegas review journal . p. 1d . mgm grand inc. and primadonna resorts inc. announce merger . breaking travel news . november 9 1998 . retrieved april 11 2007 . smith hubble november 10 1998 . mgm makes 600 million offer to buy primadonna . las vegas review journal . via factiva subscription required berns dave october 15 1998 . primadonna declines mgm buyout . las vegas review journal . mgm grand agrees to buy primadonna in 276.1 million deal . wall street journal . november 10 1998 . mgm grand primadonna resorts buy 2 in stock swap . dow jones news service . march 1 1999 . via factiva subscription required stutz howard november 1 2006 . herbst gaming to buy primm properties . las vegas review journal . archived from the original on march 9 2007 . retrieved march 13 2007 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title primm valley resorts & oldid 741157378 categories gambling companies of the united stateshospitality companies of the united statesaffinity gaminghidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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