Las Vegas is betting on reopening its casinos next week
Nevada state governor Steve Sisolak made the decision to allow the casinos to reopen on June 4 after speaking with health experts and the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Ten weeks ago, he decreed the closing of casinos, hotels and other tourist spots that attract millions of visitors to Las Vegas every year.
” We invite visitors from all over the country to come here, have a good time, as they did before, but we will be careful “, he told reporters Tuesday evening. ” I don’t think you will find a safer place than Las Vegas on June 4, with the protocols we have in place, the tests we have in place and the tracing that will be in place by then “, insisted Steve Sisolak.
In its recommendations, the gaming control commission had recommended to halve the capacity of the establishments and not to authorize more than three people at the gaming tables. It also asked for the removal of one seat out of two in front of the machines. under to allow physical distancing. MGM Resorts, one of the main operators in Las Vegas, which will reopen four of its “Strip” hotel-casinos as of June 4, has sometimes gone even further. At the Bellagio, famous for its great musical waters, entire rows of penguin bandits have been removed to make way for sinks and distributors of hydroalcoholic gel.
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