Station Casinos to keep casinos, hotels open in Southern Nevada
Station Casinos plans to keep its Southern Nevada properties open but is enforcing new policies to help curb the spread of coronavirus, according to a letter shared with employees Monday morning and obtained by the Review-Journal.
The changes — which are effective immediately — come in light of the new social distancing guidance issued by Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday night.
The company has more than 14,000 employees and had no comments on the virus’ potential impact on staffing.
There are 20 Station Casino properties across Southern Nevada, including Boulder Station, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Fiesta Rancho, Fiesta Henderson, Palace Station, Red Rock Resort, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station, Texas Station, the Palms, Wild Wild West and several smaller properties under the Wildfire Gaming division.
All slot machines are set to be cleaned and sanitized at least every two hours. Only three players will be allowed at table games. Bingo rooms and keno lounges will space seating to allow only half of the usual attendees. Properties are also reducing the number of race and sportsbook windows.
Buffets are increasing culinary staff members to serve guests and eliminate the need to use self-serving utensils, and guests will use disposable utensils. Self-serve dining for team members will be halted for the time being.
Capacity in entertainment and bar venues, restaurants and meeting and convention rooms will be cut in half by spaced seating. Certain venues will also reduce days and hours of operations.
Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch spas and salons will also have reduced days and hours of operations. The Palms’ spa and salon is temporarily closing because of adjacent construction activities.
On Sunday, both Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International announced they would temporarily close properties this week. Spokespeople from Caesars Entertainment Corp., Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Boyd Gaming Corp. said the companies plan to keep their Nevada properties open at this time.
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