- Primm, Nevada
Primm (often called Primm Valley, after one of its casinos) is a tiny community in Clark County,
Nevada ,United States , primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the border betweenCalifornia and Nevada. It sits at the edge ofIvanpah Dry Lake .The community's economy is based on its three
casino s, which attract gamblers fromSouthern California wanting to stop before reaching Las Vegas 40 miles to the north, or as a last chance to gamble before leaving Nevada. The community's hotels also serve as reliever hotels on the occasions when Las Vegas hosts major conventions.Attractions
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Buffalo Bill's
*Primm Valley Resort
*Whiskey Pete's Primm is also home to a large
outlet mall , theFashion Outlets of Las Vegas ,gas stations ,fast food restaurants, and apartments for the workers of Primm. While not acensus designated place , the 2000 census population for the community is 436. A Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department estimate placed the population at 284 as ofJuly 1 2006 , apparently using different boundaries for the area. In theDecember 5 2007 article in Las Vegas Review Journal, Primm now has a population of around 1,132. It was once referred to as Stateline, Nevada, and then Jean, Nevada. TheGold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall now sits whereJean, Nevada is considered to be.A
convenience store on the California side of the border is the closest access for southern Nevadans wishing to play theCalifornia State Lottery , and is said to be the highest-selling location in the entire state. The only road access to the store is from Nevada. There is also a golf course and resort on the California side.A new airport for Las Vegas is planned to be built north of Primm, and the
California-Nevada Interstate Maglev project has proposed building amaglev train that will pass through.History
In the 1920s Pete MacIntyre owned a gas-station at the stateline. Pete apparently had a difficult time making ends meet selling gas so he resorted to a little bootlegging. Primm history remembers him as Whiskey Pete. When Whiskey Pete died in 1933, legend has it that he wanted to be buried standing up with a bottle of bootleg in his hands so he could watch over the area. Whiskey Pete was accidentally exhumed while workers were building a connecting bridge from Whiskey Pete's to Buffalo Bills Hotel and Casino (on the other side of I-15). The body was moved and is now said to be buried in one of the caves where Pete cooked up his moonshine. [cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QotyuGNrklEC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=Buffalo%2BBills%2BExhumed%2BPrimm&source=web&ots=cma88738Pu&sig=DpFcRR8lBlnmyiDOwE18zUiMqpo#PPA192,M1 |title= Weird Las Vegas and Nevada |format= |work= ]
Primm, previously known by the informal name of State Line, was named in the late 1990s to avoid confusion with Stateline,
Nevada which is located in northern Nevada. It is named after casino owner Ernest Jay Primm.Fact|date=April 2008Primm was the end location for the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge, and the starting and ending location for the 2005 version of the
DARPA Grand Challenge .On
October 8 2005 the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge was run in the desert around Primm. The $2 million prize was won by a team fromStanford University .The 1997
World's Strongest Man competition was held here.References
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