Kenny Epstein, owner of the El Cortez hotel-casino, is shown during an interview at the property at 600 E. Fremont St. in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Kenny Epstein, owner of the El Cortez, is shown during an interview at the property at 600 E. Fremont St. in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Kenny Epstein, owner of the El Cortez, is shown during an interview at the property at 600 E. Fremont St. in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)