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Strip casino operator MGM Resorts International is immediately working to adjust its operations.
The Strip is set to reopen its final resort, The Cromwell, as an adults-only property in late October.
“Las Vegas, especially our company but really the whole city, is dependent on group, convention and banquet segments’ return. I see nothing that indicates that 2020 will return at all,” Sands Chief Operating Officer Rob Goldstein said.
After paying its Las Vegas employees throughout the 78-day Nevada casino shutdown, Wynn Resorts Ltd. is set to place workers on furlough, effective this week.
The notices comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which is meant to ensure employees have notice before significant layoffs.
The company learned last week that two concierge team employees had received positive coronavirus tests.
Over the weekend, 375 Caesars customers received $20 in free slot machine play if they were wearing facial coverings and were Caesars Rewards loyalty card holders.
Three employees affiliated with the Northside Cafe at the Sahara tested positive for COVID-19 prompting executives to close the restaurant, the fourth closure in a week.
According to Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the update is great for dealers but falls short of protecting other hotel-casino employees and their families.
Gov. Steve Sisolak plans a Tuesday news conference to announce Phase 2 of Nevada’s reopening, which may include casinos reopening on June 4.
Despite releasing health and safety policies to put workers and guests at ease, Las Vegas casino operators aren’t leaning toward banning smoking in casinos.
Nevada and states with small businesses that are ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again for help.
The resort operator’s numbers reflect the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic and government-ordered casino shutdowns in Nevada and Macao.
State gaming regulators have issued a memorandum addressing the filing of forms and paperwork that will enable casinos to reopen — but there’s no date for that to occur.