The under-construction downtown property is betting on strong visitor demand this New Year’s Eve.
Bailey Schulz
Former Business reporter
A Laughlin casino is set to temporarily close its doors once again after a number of workers tested positive for COVID-19.
The local Culinary union filed a lawsuit against major Strip casino companies, arguing that casinos have unsafe working conditions amid the pandemic.
“We’re all checking in with each other, asking, ‘Who has it now? Who’s out now?’ … It’s just snowballing,” a pit supervisor said.
After dozens of Las Vegas trade shows and conventions had to be postponed or canceled because of COVID-19, organizers have started offering virtual events in their place.
Every hotel-casino that discovers a positive COVID-19 test among its staff must contact the Southern Nevada Health District. It’s up to each casino operator and health district to determine what to do, if anything, after that.
The 600,000-square-foot cross-dock facility is set to receive large orders of inventory and redistribute products to fulfillment centers across Amazon’s operations network.
Casinos will find out Friday if the state’s new mask mandate is a deal-breaker for some gamblers. While some tourists have been staunchly against mandated masks, others welcome the stricter policy.
Guests at Caesars Entertainment Corp. properties will be required to wear masks while inside its properties, effective immediately.
The two won’t operate as typical dayclubs and are instead reopening as extensions of the properties’ resort pools to support customer demand.
Resorts World released design plans for its Hilton and Conrad guest rooms.
MGM Resorts International is set to reopen two more regional properties in the coming weeks.
The company learned last week that two concierge team employees had received positive coronavirus tests.
According to Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the update is great for dealers but falls short of protecting other hotel-casino employees and their families.
Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen Bar, located in the Linq Hotel, has closed once again after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
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