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Iconic restaurants and casinos closing across Southwest
Multiple long-established restaurants and casino resorts across Nevada and Southern California are closing due to economic pressures, rising operational costs, and declining tourism. The closures include Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, Acapulco in Glendale, Connie & Ted's in West Hollywood, and Primm Valley Resort & Casino in Nevada.
This is a long-running storyline that has developed over 21 days. The homepage highlights its most recent activity, so the outlet count there reflects the latest wave. The totals above cover the full run.
Heart Attack GrillAcapulco Restaurant and CantinaConnie & Ted'sPrimm Valley Resort & CasinoLas Vegas
2026-06-01
2026-05-25
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- Some of Texas’s oldest barbecue joints close as meat prices skyrocket
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- Chipotle rival Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen closes all US restaurants
- Guzman y Gomez faces class action from US workers over closed stores
2026-05-24
2026-05-23
- The thriving casino proving that gambling is far from dying - even as Las Vegas declines
- Longest-running Red Lobster location in America is closing after 56 years
- 'This is a reckoning': Michael Cimarusti on Connie & Ted's closure and the state of restaurants
- Casino boss defends closure of iconic Primm resorts amid backlash from founding family
2026-05-20
- American beer drinkers lament demise of iconic brand after 177 years as many cite 'mistake'
- Quantic Dream is shutting down its MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles
- Sununu: Spirit Airlines closure was a lesson to approve mergers when ‘somebody is putting up a red flag’
- Mad scramble underway near Vegas to save casino resort ghost town from total collapse