All 365 rooms of Binion's Gambling Hall will be shuttered as of Dec. 14.
Along with the hotel closure, 100 workers will be laid off, keno will be shut down, and the coffee shop will be closed.
The remaining part of the casino will remain open, including the poker room and steakhouse.
Binion's opened in 1951 and was purchased last year by TLC Enterprises, owners of Four Queens. No word whether the Four Queens' 690 rooms will be affected.
Golden Nugget, located across the street from Binion's, opened a 500-room tower last Monday at a cost of $150 million. It was the first new hotel rooms in downtown Las Vegas in 20 years.
We popped by Binion's last night and not only was the casino pretty much empty, there were 0 poker tables running. A sad sign of the times, particularly since we enjoyed staying at the hotel which felt more like little apartments than hotel rooms.
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