Primm, Nevada "State Line, Nevada"
Downtown Primm off Interstate 15 Downtown Primm off Interstate 15 Primm is positioned in Nevada Primm - Primm Location inside the state of Nevada Primm (formerly known as State Line and often called Primm Valley) is an unincorporated improve in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the state border between California and Nevada.
It was previously known by the name of State Line (two words), but was retitled in 1996 to avoid confusion with Stateline in northern Nevada.
The community's economy is based on its three casinos, which attract gamblers from Southern California wanting to stop before reaching Las Vegas 40 miles (64 km) to the north, or as a last chance to gamble before leaving Nevada.
Most of Primm's inhabitants are employees of the casinos.
In a December 5, 2007 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Primm's populace is listed as around 1,132.
Primm used to have its own postal service on the north side of town, but that has been replaced.
Primm history remembers him as "Whiskey Pete".
In 2004, under MGM Mirage ownership, 52 apartment buildings were constructed in Primm to serve as housing for employees at the three casinos.
Primm's climate is a hot desert climate (Koppen climate classification: BWh).
Climate data for Primm, Nevada (2002 2014) The Primm 300 is one in a series of annual off-road competitions that include the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250 and the Laughlin Desert Challenge.
Primm was the end locale for the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge.
Primm Valley Resort Primm also has a large supply mall, Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas, as well as gas stations, restaurants and apartements for the workers of Primm.
A convenience store, aptly titled the Primm Valley Lotto Store, is positioned just over the California side of the border, and is the closest access for southern Nevadans wishing to play the California State Lottery.
As a result, the store sells more California Lottery tickets than any other vendor in California, largely because Nevada does not have its own state lottery. Before the California Lottery was instituted in 1985, the convenience store often did not have much financial success, since Nevada does not have a state tax for most convenience store items, and California does.
A new airport, Ivanpah Valley Airport, is prepared to be assembled north of Primm, and the California-Nevada Interstate Maglev universal has proposed building a maglev train that will pass through.
Ivanpah Valley from northbound I-15 (note that the casinos in Primm, Nevada are in the background).
"Las Vegas History: State Line Renamed to Primm after Ernest Jay Primm - 1996".
"Business: Primm casino staff gets new place to call home".
"Columnist Susan Snyder: Housing is in Primm locale - Monday, Nov.
Media related to Primm, Nevada at Wikimedia Commons Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States
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Primm, Nevada - Ivanpah Valley - Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Nevada - Populated places in the Mojave Desert - Unincorporated communities in Nevada
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