The Nevada Gaming Control Board late Friday issued a new emergency health and safety directive that will allow Clark County casinos to have 3-foot social distancing.
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Reduced COVID cases, increases in vaccination numbers and the relaxation of restrictions are producing greater optimism that visitors will have fun in Las Vegas.
Strip casino operator MGM Resorts International is immediately working to adjust its operations.
“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.
Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administation has conducted nearly 1,000 field observations since June 26 and determined high levels of noncompliance.
The state Gaming Control Board isn’t reconsidering requiring facial coverings for casino patrons, but it would if new COVID-19 cases would overburden Southern Nevada hospitals.
The furloughs of almost 63,000 MGM Resorts International employees soon could turn into layoffs.
MGM’s Las Vegas Strip properties were among the worst hit, with a 21 percent dip in revenue compared to the 10 percent decline seen at regional properties.
The resort operator’s numbers reflect the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic and government-ordered casino shutdowns in Nevada and Macao.
Casino industry analysts expect casinos to be among the first to come back, but the product is going to look different than it did before the virus shutdown.