A UMC vaccination center equipped to offer hundreds of vaccinations each day will be set up inside the Encore’s convention space.
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The Tropicana and Paris Las Vegas’ Eiffel Tower Restaurant have informed the state that they anticipate layoffs in the near future.
Three Las Vegas Valley nongaming hotels have notified Nevada’s employment bureau that layoffs may be coming.
With a quarantine rule on the verge of being lifted, Macao’s casinos, including some owned by Las Vegas companies, anticipate a return to billion-dollar gaming revenue.
Experts say it may take a little time to grasp exactly where Las Vegas customer demand stands — particularly for midweek visitation — especially as Nevada’s health and safety policies continue to change.
A notice to licensed gaming properties released Thursday evening states that restaurants that meet requirements set forth by the Governor’s Office may reopen but must get confirmation from the state Gaming Control Board before they can do so.
“We’ll see some great rates at hotels; we’ll see airfare sales,” travel expert Gabe Saglie said.
Chefs from MGM Resorts are donating 1,000 hot meals a day for Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada for the rest April.
The hotel-casino also plans to end health benefits for the former staff members Friday.
A rule change that would allow more small gaming businesses to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program has not satisfied Nevada lawmakers in both parties, who say those businesses are still being treated unfairly.
“If workers aren’t working and not getting paid, they do not pay dues,” union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told the Review-Journal. She added that nearly all of the union’s 60,000 members are laid off.
The Hard Rock’s renovation is still on schedule, President and CEO Richard “Boz” Bosworth said, but the economy is in turmoil with record job losses, and there are still plenty of unknowns.
The San Manuel Tribe of Mission Indians is voluntarily closing its San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Following MGM Resorts International’s announcement of layoffs, Wynn Resorts Ltd. CEO Matt Maddox sent a video to employees ensuring that jobs are safe during the pandemic.
When a local blogger posted a rumor that The Mirage was going to close, it hurt rank-and-file employees who depend on tips and gave social media a black eye.
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