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.
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The Las Vegas Strip remains largely an empty space from one end to the other. Doors are locked. Traffic is minimal.
Clark County officials are expanding roadwork hours along the resort corridor in Las Vegas amid the 30-day statewide closure.
Service will be suspended Thursday in the wake of the governor’s request that all nonessential businesses close for 30 days because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shoppers were nowhere in sight at Fashion Show mall on the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday.
Las Vegas police demonstrated an increased security presence at some of the shuttered Strip properties early 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 strange goings-on produced an array of emotions among guests who came to the city to celebrate or for business, ranging from amusement to anger to angst.