Las Vegas Poker Room That Closed Last Fall to Reopen This Year
A popular casino for Las Vegas locals that closed its doors and poker room last year announced that it will re-open, but under a different name, fresh look and new ownership.
CDC Gaming reported that Poker Palace, which closed for remodeling in October 2025, will reopen by mid-April as Club Fortune North under the ownership of Reno-based Truckee Gaming.
Another Poker Room Reopens
The Nevada Gaming Control Board voted last week to recommend that the Nevada Gaming Commission allow the North Las Vegas casino to re-open under new ownership, according to CDC Gaming.
“It really needed to a dramatic change," said Ferenc Szony, CEO of Truckee Gaming. "We gave it a far more contemporary look. It was a total gut job on the interior, where we had to rip out part of the floor. We’re in the process of rebuilding.”
The Poker Palace was a popular off-Strip casino for locals and featured some of the lowest-stake live tournaments available, with buy-ins starting at just $20.
According to PokerIndustryNews, the renovated casino will include a "revitalized poker room" that will most likely consist of a half-dozen tables to serve $1/$2 cash games and low-stakes tournament action.
The reopening of the Poker Palace Poker Room is the latest piece of good news for the Las Vegas live poker scene, which took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic. The Green Valley Ranch Poker Room in Henderson, which closed in 2020, announced last fall that it would reopen.
But Vegas poker rooms are falling just as quickly.
Earlier this year, Planet Hollywood, which opened a renovated poker room in spring 2025, announced that the new room would be closing. During its brief existence, the Planet Hollywood Poker Room hosted events included a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop, a PokerNews meet-up game, and Allen Kessler's Chainsaw Mixed Series of Poker (CMSOP).
Poker Palace is located in North Las Vegas near the Nellis Air Force Base. Another north Las Vegas locals casino, Sahara, closed its poker room in October 2024.
Once the Poker Palace Poker room reopens, there will be 20 live poker rooms in the Las Vegas Valley.
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