Tourists from across the United States are planning their return to Sin City.
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Experts say the transparency is just another way companies can reassure guests and employees that their facilities are safe enough to return to. But, ultimately, only the number of people who end up inside the reopened resorts will show whether that reassurance is enough.
Be it a trickle of interest or downpour of support, how tourists and locals respond to casinos opening will determine the town’s bottom line.
Guests won’t have to wear face coverings, smoking will be allowed and social distancing protocols will be tough to uphold as Nevada gaming tries to get back to normal.
Casino operators have enhanced their health and safety plans in recent months, with some installing thermal cameras at entrances to try to detect patrons with fevers.
Supply companies — those who work behind the scenes making sure Las Vegas resort-casinos are stocked up on food, clothes, fresh laundry and more — have also been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Everi Holdings Inc. and Scientific Games Corp. are on the verge of commercializing digital wallet products that could bring cashless gaming solutions to Nevada casinos.
Clark County win was down 99.5 percent from a year ago with the only win coming from scattered bets from companies with sports betting apps and online poker.
Station Casinos is extending regular pay and benefits for all full-time team members through Wednesday, one day before it will reopen select properties.
The fountains, which debuted in 1998, will have three dedicated songs playing throughout the day June 4.
“The response went through the roof,” the owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate said a day after giving away 2,000 flights to tourists across the country.
Work on what will be the tallest building in downtown Las Vegas, the Circa resort, will open on time in December, according to owner Derek Stevens.
Signs of casino reopenings started to appear Wednesday on the Las Vegas Strip as MGM Resorts International and other companies prepared to begin operations again.
As promised Tuesday at a Gaming Control Board workshop meeting, regulators have updated the health and safety policies for reopening casinos June 4.
In a letter dated May 22, Boyd Gaming workers nationwide got word that they could be laid off as a result of the uncertainty of the economy in the coronavirus pandemic.