The Flamingo poker room announced in September that it would temporarily close for two months. The Bally’s poker room made an identical announcement.
At the time, the prevailing theory was that the staff at both poker rooms were needed to help with the World Series of Poker at Rio. Both poker rooms were scheduled to reopen on Friday.
Three days before it was to reopen, Flamingo told its poker staff that the closure would be permanent. The Bravo Poker app was updated to reflect this change.
This came a few days after the announcement that Bally’s and Paris would host future World Series of Poker events. This was the last year of it at Rio after Caesars Entertainment sold the property and its management contract reaches its expiration.
There were 11 tables at the Flamingo poker room. It dealt a regular 1/2 no limit hold’em cash game. It also had a 3/6 fixed limit hold’em game. It was one of the few Las Vegas Strip casinos that dealt any fixed limit games. It may have had an occasional fixed limit Omaha hi/lo or mixed game.
There were five no limit hold’em tournaments each day, including one at midnight. Buy-ins ranged from $60 to $100.
39 Las Vegas poker room closures since 2012
Flamingo joins 38 other Las Vegas poker rooms that have closed in the last 10 years. This includes 10 that closed due to the pandemic and never reopened. Flamingo became the third Las Vegas poker room that reopened after the pandemic closure, only to eventually close permanently.
The other 38 Las Vegas poker room closures since 2012:
- Silver Sevens: August 2021
- Planet Hollywood: July 2021
- Binion’s: March 2020
- Cannery: March 2020
- Club Fortune: March 2020
- Excalibur: March 2020
- Green Valley Ranch: March 2020
- Harrah’s: March 2020
- Mirage: March 2020
- Palace Station: March 2020
- Rio: March 2020
- Sam’s Town: March 2020
- The Strat: October 2019
- Arizona Charlie’s Decatur: August 2018
- Treasure Island: August 2018
- Suncoast: April 2018
- Luxor: June 2017
- Monte Carlo: April 2017
- Hard Rock: March 2017
- The Linq: August 2016
- Eastside Cannery: April 2016
- Plaza: March 2016
- Aliante Casino: March 2016
- Hooters: March 2015
- Texas Station: August 2014
- Palms: June 2014
- Sunset Station: May 2014
- El Cortez: December 2013
- Circus Circus: September 2013
- M Resort: August 2013
- Riviera: June 2013
- Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall: February 2013
- Jokers Wild: October 2012
- Ellis Island: September 2012
- Tropicana: September 2012
- O’Sheas: April 2012
- Fitzgeralds: January 2012
- Silverton: January 2012
