Lee’s Discount Liquor stores close Sunday afternoon

By Dalton LaFerney / Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 22, 2020 - 4:09 pm

Updated March 22, 2020 - 4:16 pm

The line to the cashier at a Lee's Discount Liquor in March 2020. (Adam Hill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lee’s Discount Liquor stores across the Las Vegas Valley closed at 3 p.m. Sunday, the company announced on Twitter.

In the post, the company said it was following Gov. Steve Sisolak’s orders to close nonessential businesses until April 16.

Due to the governors orders we will be closing for the remainder of the lockdown starting at 3 pm hurry in! pic.twitter.com/34faHgxgAR

— Lees Discount Liquor (@LeesDiscountLiq) March 22, 2020

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