Amid fears of coronavirus, the company says closures at casinos will start Sunday and be evaluated weekly.
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The company’s “long standing policy” is to have only employees whose jobs involve cleaning or handling cleaning chemicals wear gloves.
With two confirmed COVID-19 cases in Clark County, Culinary Union Local 226 said it monitoring the virus and is asking casinos to meet and discuss the effects of the outbreak.
No one saw the shutdown of 41 casinos in Macao for 15 days and Italian soccer teams playing in empty stadiums. Will Japan’s plans for resorts be the next to see changes?
At least two casino operators on the Strip are stepping up cleaning efforts as a new coronavirus spreads around the globe, with one case in Southern Nevada.
Latest list: Cases are up to 535 in the state. Cirque du Soleil has launched a digital hub. Find updates here.
Las Vegas-based casino operators’ shares tumbled Thursday along with other stocks as financial markets reacted to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus.
The planned May G2E trade show in Macao has been postponed by 10 weeks due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Inbound travel to the U.S. is expected to fall 6 percent over the next three months compared to the same period in 2019 amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Tuesday report from the U.S. Travel Association.
The Macao government’s decision to close casinos for 15 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus resulted in a huge revenue drop during the month of Chinese New Year.
Las Vegas resort operators’ stock prices are plunging amid the global coronavirus sell-off.
CEO Tony Rodio said the company is “working on contingency plans should the situation begin to affect business.”