Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s Las Vegas gaming floors have been given the green light to operate at full capacity, effective Monday.
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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.
Local governments are calling back employees to full-time, in-person work, offering one sign that normalcy is slowly returning to the public sector.
Some of the casinos are holding out for looser operating restrictions, or more foot traffic. Others have shuttered their doors permanently.
Metrics like foot traffic, gaming revenue and occupancy rates in the Reno area are closing in on pre-pandemic levels ahead of Clark County.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s announcement loosening restrictions on certain businesses next week provides some relief to local bars and restaurants, although not as much as many were anticipating.
Many in Las Vegas report drop in sales; all worry about another shutdown.
Las Vegas Valley residents began returning to churches this weekend as in-person religious services at many churches commenced for the first time in months.
With gathering limits increasing to 250, clergy across the valley are ready to welcome the faithful to what may be the first in-person worship services since March.
Nevada is substantially loosening its COVID-19 rules on large gatherings for both indoor and outdoor events and will allow for a limited number of spectators at sporting and other live entertainment events as part of a continued relaxation of restrictions.
A popular watering hole on the Strip got its license suspended by county officials over the Labor Day weekend.
The Larabee family is in the third week of distance learning at Legacy Traditional School from the kitchen table of their Las Vegas home. “Every day is different,” they say.
According to RunRepeat.com, just 30 percent of U.S. gym members surveyed have returned since gyms reopened amid the pandemic.
Casino Royale’s layoffs are “a continuation of the mass layoff on May 27, 2020,” a notice said.
Bars, taverns, distilleries and other alcohol-serving establishments will stay closed at least two more weeks in Clark County, the state’s COVID-19 mitigation task force decided Thursday.
Hotel owners are facing an “unprecedented wave” of foreclosures, according to a Tuesday letter from the industry to Congress.
Labor union members across several industries in Nevada are fighting for the right to return to work.
A Clark County district court judge has rebuffed a lawsuit seeking to undo the state-ordered closure of bars and taverns in the county to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Students began moving in Monday in preparation for fall semester, which begins Aug. 24. The university plans to offer about 80 percent of its classes in a remote format.
Clark County School District parents protested at the district’s administration building on Wednesday, saying they feel shut out of the conversation around reopening schools.
Monday was the first day of school at a handful of local campuses that are offering in-person instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic.