Former Poker Palace in North Las Vegas Sets Reopening Date as Club Fortune North

The former Poker Palace in North Las Vegas is days away from returning to life under a new name, a new owner, and a different look. After nine months of construction and a renovation that ballooned far beyond its original scope, the long‑running locals casino is set to soft-reopen as Club Fortune North on July 19, with a full opening on July 22.

Reno based Truckee Gaming, which purchased the 4.8-acre property for $20 million in October 2025, closed it immediately after the sale to begin the remodel. The company originally targeted April and then June for reopening, but the project expanded as crews uncovered five decades of layered additions and outdated infrastructure inside the casino.

In May 2026, Truckee Gaming owner Ferenc Szony told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that “the renovation ended up being almost a complete redo.”

Truckee, which Szony formed in 2013, is investing several million dollars into the North Las Vegas project, according to public filings and company statements.

The renovations include:

• New slot machines and modern gaming systems
• A redesigned bar and expanded restaurant
• A rebuilt kitchen capable of higher‑volume service
• Fully modernized restrooms
• A complete interior and exterior overhaul

Club Fortune North will not offer poker or table games — a departure from Poker Palace’s earlier years — but it will feature a race and sportsbook operated by Boomer’s Sportsbook, a growing Nevada licensed brand.

Definitely Not Strip Poker

Poker Palace was owned by the Coleman family throughout its more than five decades in business. Its sale generated the casino’s first national press, as some in the media cited it as the latest sign of the Las Vegas Strip’s tourism-derived struggles.

But the 25,900 square-foot casino — located 9 miles north of the Strip near Nellis Air Force Base — never had anything to do with the Strip’s economy. It was known for low-limit minimums (some blackjack tables were just $3 a hand), its cheap eats, and its fiercely loyal neighborhood customer base.

Poker Palace even offered guests the option to cash their paychecks, with the chance of having their pay matched up to $2,500 by spinning a wheel.

In 2008, Jeff Haney of the Las Vegas Sun described Poker Palace as “an extremely low-limit locals joint” in his zero-star review.

“We do mean locals,” he wrote. “If you’re a tourist and you end up here, you’re probably very, very lost.”

Truckee Gaming’s website seems to describe the soon-to-reopen casino as continuing that tradition: “Expect the same friendly vibe locals love. This isn’t a mega resort. It’s the kind of casino where the staff know your name, the machines are always buzzing, and the good times never stop.”

Truckee Gaming owns and operates 10 similarly sized locals’ casinos throughout Nevada, including Gold Ranch Casino & RV Resort in Verdi, Gold Ranch Casino in Dayton, Club Fortune in Henderson, and three Pioneer Crossing Casinos in Fernley, Dayton, and Yerington.