The Palms will make history when it reopens later this month, as it will become the first Las Vegas resort operated entirely by a Native American tribe. The San Manuel tribe actually forbade Station Casinos from reopening the casino before the tribe officially took control. It is one of the few casinos, however, that has never reopened. Station closed the Palms in March 2020, along with every other casino in the United States, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Station put $620 million into the property before selling it to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in May 2021 for $650 million. They sold the Palms to Station Casinos in 2016 for $312.5 million. It was originally owned by the Maloof family, who also once owned the NBA’s Sacramento Kings (the in-suite basketball courts were likely not a coincidence). MTV filmed “The Real World” at the Palms in 2002 and it also served as the host poker room for much of the old “Celebrity Poker Showdown” television show. When it reopens, the number of rooms will be upped to 766, but those suites will still be there, some with their own bowling alleys and basketball courts. It opened in November 2001, home to 703 rooms and some extremely expensive suites.

The Palms filled the niche of the hyper-cool, upscale casino resort and it leaned into that niche hard. More than 900 employees have been hired, many of whom worked at the Palms before it closed. We balanced knowing that the draft was going to be in town against the idea that we really needed to get open.” “I think the most important thing for us was to get people back to work. “We know it’s more challenging to open when it’s really, really busy,” general manager Cynthia Kiser Murphey told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It appears that the Palms reopening was not specifically planned with the NFL Draft in mind, but it is potentially fortuitous, as it may bring traffic to the property. The grand reopening also coincides with the NFL Draft, which will be held on the Las Vegas Strip, behind the High Roller and The LINQ, next to the Caesars Forum.

The hotel started taking reservations yesterday for stays beginning April 28. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has announced that the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas will finally reopen the evening of April 27.

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