MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Station Casinos are the latest major companies to have gaming floor capacity and social distancing restrictions waived by Nevada regulators. Silverton also got the green light.
Reopening Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s Las Vegas gaming floors have been given the green light to operate at full capacity, effective Monday.
The Consumer Technology Association announced CES 2022 will take place for four days starting Jan. 5.
Capacity and social distancing rules would be completely lifted once 60 percent of eligible residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Two of the shows in the upcoming Broadway Las Vegas series are holdovers from what would have been the 2020-21 season.
Another Las Vegas hotel-casino is getting ready to expand its hotel operating hours.
While crowds were light, customers and employees applauded the rule change.
Casino Royale’s layoffs are “a continuation of the mass layoff on May 27, 2020,” a notice said.
Penn National Gaming’s sole Strip property had planned to reopen Sept. 1 but has pushed back the date to Sept. 17.
The owners of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas are “carefully” looking at its scheduled fall opening after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy.
Las Vegas’ jobless rate tumbled last month as casinos reopened but remains far higher than other areas of Nevada.
The union said it moved to dismiss the lawsuits because an expedited arbitration is scheduled to begin with MGM this week.