MGM Resorts International has joined a growing list of casino operators allowing vaccinated employees to forego masks.
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Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s Las Vegas gaming floors have been given the green light to operate at full capacity, effective Monday.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has committed to paying upward of a total of $1 million in cash bonuses if 80 percent of its workforce receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1.
MWynn Resorts Ltd. CEO Matt Maddox in a video asks workers to get vaccinated. Those who don’t will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test every week.
MGM Resorts is expanding its on-site COVID-19 vaccination clinic to entertainers and employees at leased outlets.
With a number of positive trends emerging in recent weeks, gaming industry analysts are bullish on a speedy recovery in Las Vegas.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board is pushing licensees to get workers vaccinated quickly, and they’re responding with some offering incentives like gift cards and paid time off.
Older gamblers have started to return to casinos as vaccines become more widespread.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board wants casino workers to get vaccinated before occupancy restrictions lift.
Reduced COVID cases, increases in vaccination numbers and the relaxation of restrictions are producing greater optimism that visitors will have fun in Las Vegas.
Some of the casinos are holding out for looser operating restrictions, or more foot traffic. Others have shuttered their doors permanently.
The testing protocols are meant to strengthen health and safety standards and assist tourists from states with strict travel restrictions, according to the companies.
Metrics like foot traffic, gaming revenue and occupancy rates in the Reno area are closing in on pre-pandemic levels ahead of Clark County.
Hotel workers should get an early shot at COVID-19 inoculation, according to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Businesses across the Las Vegas Valley received the green light to loosen their operating restrictions on Monday, with many allowed to surpass 25 percent capacity for the first time since November.