• The closing comes just weeks after the city of Jacksonville bought out its lease for $303,333.31 at the beginning of May. (Three other area Hooters locations remain open — two on the Southside.
• One of these that has seemed like it has been pending for at least a decade is Hooters rebranding. Well, that day has finally come. It has been sold and will become OYO Hotel & Casino, with the transformation allegedly occurring by the end of the year.
• Hooters is the registered trademark used by two American restaurant chains: Hooters, Inc., based in Clearwater, Florida, and Hooters of America, Inc. Based in Atlanta, Georgia and owned by two private investment firms, TriArtisan Capital Advisors and Nord Bay Capital. The Hooters name is a double entendre referring to both an American slang term for women's breasts popularized by comedian.

• Hooters Honolulu Closing
• Hooters Closing Stores
• Hooters Casino Las Vegas Closing
• Hooters Closing 2020
• Hooters Restaurant Closings

Las Vegas casinos were permitted to reopen on June 4, 2020. There were 61 Las Vegas casino reopenings that day. A total of 25 remained closed. Nine of those properties reopened later with 16 still shuttered as of July 24, 2020. The list below details what is known about the future of these casino-hotels.

Hooters Casino Hotel isn’t the only iconic Sin City property shutting its doors (or, at least, getting a serious makeover). The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas is also scheduled to close and reopen under Virgin Hotels in 2020. Feature photo by JT Genter / The Points Guy. Sign up for our daily newsletter. The health department shut down Hooters Restaurant at Hooters Casino on Aug. 21 after finding multi-generational roaches, an imminent health hazard. The restaurant reopened on Aug.

Closed Las Vegas Strip casinos

There are five closed casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. Only one has a scheduled reopening date.

Cromwell

It appears that Cromwell will not reopen soon. Love Island, a reality TV show, is reportedly taking the hotel over for a quarantine filming for the series. Details, including filming dates, are not yet available. However, this would seem to keep Cromwell closed for months. Its small hotel and casino floor, as well as reliance on nightclub business, made it likely to be one of the last Caesars properties to reopen all along.

Mirage

Update: Mirage announced it will reopen on August 27

Hooters Honolulu Closing

Mirage is closed indefinitely. It is accepting reservations, but those guests get bumped to another company property when the date arrives. As I noted in my predictions during the closure, Mirage seems like the odd MGM Resorts property out. It is not connected to the company’s other Las Vegas properties. I expect Park MGM to open before Mirage. It is the only other MGM Resorts casino property still shuttered.

Hooters Closing Stores

Update: Park MGM will reopen on September 30

Park MGM

There is no reopening date for Park MGM. Rumors are that it was set aside to host players if the NBA or NHL chose Las Vegas to complete the season. That never happened. I expect it to be the next MGM Resorts casino to reopen, but that could be months away. There is some evidence that it will be a nonsmoking property when it returns.

Planet Hollywood

Planet Hollywood does not have a reopening date. It will likely be the next Caesars Entertainment property to return. However, Bally’s just opened, and there is not much demand to expand hotel capacity now. It will likely remain closed until closer to Labor Day, maybe beyond.

Tropicana

Tropicana is the only one of the five shuttered Las Vegas Strip casinos with an open date. It is scheduled to welcome guests again on September 17. The date was originally September 1.

Near Las Vegas Strip

Three casinos near the Las Vegas Strip remain closed. These properties are aimed more at tourists than locals.

Palms

Palms is closed indefinitely. It is not taking any reservations. However, Palms Place is open, and rooms are available there.

Update: Oyo reopens on September 16.

Oyo

Oyo, the former Hooters property, has pushed its reopening date back three times. It started out at July 1. It moved to July 16, then August 5, before the current September 1 date.

Rio

Rio is accepting reservations starting August 3. It keeps bumping existing reservations to the Strip when the date arrives. Rio seems like the most likely on this list to never reopen. The two-year leaseback, which is already about one-third over, is problematic for the property’s future under Caesars Entertainment.

Downtown Las Vegas

Main Street Station

Main Street Station is the only closed casino in downtown Las Vegas. It is owned by Boyd Gaming. The company owns two other downtown casinos, one of which is connected to Main Street Station and is much slower than usual. Main Street Station is not expected to open at least until Hawaii eases its travel restrictions with the mainland. That is still likely several months away.

Las Vegas locals casinos

Hooters Casino Las Vegas Closing

There are seven locals casinos that remain closed. Only one has a reopening date set.

Eastside Cannery

Eastside Cannery is closed indefinitely. It is not taking reservations for any date. It has struggled since it opened in 2008. Boyd Gaming acquired it in 2016 and downsized its operations. The company also owns Sam’s Town and Jokers Wild on Boulder Highway. Both these casinos are open.

Eldorado

Eldorado is a small downtown Henderson casino owned by Boyd Gaming. It is closed indefinitely.

Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho

Fiesta Henderson and Rancho are owned by Station Casinos. Each is closed indefinitely.

Rainbow Club

Rainbow Club was acquired by the owner of Emerald Island. Both are in downtown Henderson. Rainbow Club is under renovation. It is expected to reopen on September 16.

Silver Nugget (reopened since the post was published)

Silver Nugget is in North Las Vegas. It has no reopening date. Lucky Club, its sister casino, is open.

Texas Station

Hooters Closing 2020

Texas Station is one of four Station Casinos properties that are closed. Like the others, it has no reopening date.

Primm and Jean

Hooters Restaurant Closings

Buffalo Bill’s in Primm is closed until at least October. Terrible’s in Jean is closed indefinitely. I wrote more about its future in a recent trip report.