The Atari Lodge in Las Vegas Is not Taking place Anymore

Again in January 2020, simply earlier than the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Atari introduced it could be constructing a number of lodges throughout the nation. Six years later, none have been constructed. And the Las Vegas Sun stories that the online game themed lodge for Sin Metropolis was formally lifeless.

A spokesperson for Atari instructed the Solar that the corporate “explored growing a location in Las Vegas” in 2020 and 2021 however “the deal didn’t come to fruition.” The final replace for an Atari lodge in Las Vegas got here in early 2024 when the Las Vegas Review-Journal declared the thought wasn’t lifeless but. On the time, the corporate mentioned extra details about the plan was coming in late 2024. However that by no means occurred.

The Las Vegas lodge was presupposed to be “impressed by, and constructed with, basic and fashionable online game tradition in thoughts,” the developer insisted. It was going to have about 400 rooms and have the Atari go online the entrance, based on the Overview-Journal. They had been trying to develop no less than 5 acres of land on the strip, nevertheless it simply by no means got here to fruition.

However the concept for an Atari lodge apparently isn’t fully lifeless. There have been different deliberate places together with Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; San Francisco, California; San Jose, California; and Seattle, Washington. And the Phoenix concept appears to be the one nonetheless on life assist.

In Dec. 2025, Atari launched renderings of what the lodge in Phoenix is meant to seem like, with an announcement {that a} 90,000 square-foot lodge close to Central Avenue and Roosevelt Road could be occurring within the metropolis by late 2026, based on native NBC TV affiliate station 12 News. The lodge is meant to have 72 rooms, based on 12 Information, a reference to the yr Atari was based: 1972.

The corporate additionally launched a teaser trailer on YouTube, explaining that the aim is to make the primary of its type playable lodge for avid gamers, although the video can be an enchantment for buyers.

The Phoenix renderings are at the moment heart stage at AtariHotels.com. However possibly don’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of for those who’re banking on visiting an Atari lodge quickly. The web site’s timeline says that remaining building and the grand opening wouldn’t be occurring till This fall of 2028. Even when this venture does occur as deliberate, you’ve obtained some years till you may keep within the retro online game lodge of your desires.