Las Vegas casinos going dark for at least 30 days — PHOTOS
Las Vegas Strip empties after major closure announcement (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Casinos, Las Vegas Strip shut down for 30 days. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man takes a photo of the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A view looking toward the Plaza from the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A woman walks away from the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
People walk past the closed Fabulous Las Vegas Jewelry & Gifts store at the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas deputy city marshals walk along the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Doors to the El Cortez are closed following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A Las Vegas police vehicle passes the Fremont Street Experience following Gov. Steve Sisolak's statewide order that nonessential businesses shut down for the next 30 days in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A security guard watches over the LINQ on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
Bellagio has boarded its doors on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
Bellagio has boarded its doors on the Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
A door to Casino Royale is blocked as the casino has closed for the next 30 days due to coronavirus on the Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
The LINQ Promenade is quiet on the Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
A lone traveler walks toward the entrance to the Tropicana as nonessential business closures continue on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A security guard patrols inside the outer doors of the MGM Grand as nonessential business closures continue on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A lone traveler walks toward the Excalibur as nonessential business closures continue on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A few pedestrians walk along Las Vegas Boulevard north of the MGM Grand as nonessential business closures continue on the Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A few pedestrians walk along Las Vegas Blvd. near the MGM Grand as nonessential business closures continue on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Well wishes are offered on a sign by the Park MGM staff along Las Vegas Blvd. as nonessential business closures continue on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A sign notifies the public that Eataly is temporarily closed as nonessential business closures on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Brooklyn Bowl's sign on the LINQ Promenade on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenkschmidt_
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.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday took the extraordinary action of shutting all “nonessential businesses” in the state in an attempt to contain coronavirus.
All gaming machines, devices and tables inside casinos were to be shut down by midnight Tuesday and other businesses must be closed by noon Wednesday.
As the witching hour approached, Review-Journal photographers and videographers fanned out across the Las Vegas Strip and downtown Las Vegas to document the unprecedented scene that unfolded.
