Vaccinations, entertainment and some expensive prizes were offered at #VivaVaxVegas, a Strip-side vaccination clinic at Park MGM.
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One year ago today, Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the closure of nonessential businesses. Now, a once-empty Las Vegas Strip is seeing signs of a returning economy.
Throngs of people filled parts of the Strip, particularly around the Bellagio Fountains, to ring in the new year surrounded by others. Photos on Twitter drew criticism on social media about the handling of the event.
Two of Nevada’s five most complained-about ZIP codes for potential COVID-19 safety violations encompass nearly all of the Strip.
Motional in partnership with Lyft is bringing back the rides in autonomous BMW 5 series vehicles after halting the service amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The scene has been playing out for weeks now across town, as various Las Vegas institutions resume daily operations, each providing its own chapter in the story of a 24/7 city getting back on its high-heeled feet.
Nevada will remain in Phase Two of the state’s reopening plan through July. Masks are required in nearly all public spaces and testing has expanded.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has yet to confirm when casinos will be able to reopen, but operators are already preparing for the day they’ll have to reassure guests their properties are clean and safe amid the virus outbreak.
For Las Vegas residents and the Strip, experts say, “It’s going to be a long time to get back to what we had at the early part of this year — that ‘normal.’ ”
On a typical late March evening, the Las Vegas Strip would be teeming with tourists hoping Lady Luck would smile on them. Not this year.
Shoppers were nowhere in sight at Fashion Show mall on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday.
For at least the next 30 days, casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and across Nevada will sit empty. No tourists. No jackpots. No entertainment. No buffets.
St. Patrick’s Day revelers at Rock & Reilly’s pub watched Gov. Steve Sisolak’s news conference announcing the 30-day closure of casinos and other nonessential business. After the conference, REM’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know it” played at the pub.
Guests at MGM Resorts International properties described receiving a letter in their rooms informing them that they had to check out by Tuesday.
The coronavirus scare has left its mark on Las Vegas Strip.
