The scene has been playing out for weeks now across town, as various Las Vegas institutions resume daily operations, each providing its own chapter in the story of a 24/7 city getting back on its high-heeled feet.
Reopening Las Vegas
More than two months into a state-mandated shutdown, some Las Vegas casinos and restaurants are planning to reopen their doors to the public June 4.
The French restaurant, along with its raw bar, weekend brunch and patio seating area, have been closed since March.
Monday was the first day of school at a handful of local campuses that are offering in-person instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sister property to Sahara Las Vegas, also operated by The Meruelo Group, was the sixth casino property to be named in a complaint involving health and safety matters.
Angela Stabile of Stabile productions says, “We need to be accounted for. This is the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we need him to make us a priority.”
Wynn Resorts is the first major Strip gaming company to publicly disclose how many of its employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The state reports that as of July 25, at least 347 visitors had tested positive for the coronavirus either while in the state or soon after returning home.
Cinemark, which operates locally under the Century banner, announced Friday that it will resume business in the valley Aug. 14.
In the month that casinos and resorts were allowed to reopen, leisure visitors arrived, but there were still 70.5 percent fewer of them than in June 2019, the LVCVA said.
“Now that the merger has closed, our operating teams are fully engaged with integrating the two companies and executing on the synergy plans,” CEO Tom Reeg said.
Full House Resorts, a small Las Vegas-based regional casino company, said despite limited offerings due to COVID-19, its Silver Slipper property in Mississippi had the best month in its 14-year history in June “on several metrics.”
The Bellagio and Aria are offering a change of scenery for those sick of working at their kitchen table.
“There’s a lot of moving parts,” CEO and President Jay Snowden said in an earnings call Thursday.
The company is ramping up departments that are “essential to run (the) business,” an executive said.
Gaming regulators noted a gathering in excess of 50 people and a lack of social distancing enforcement at slot machines and table games in the complaint signed Monday.
Ross Mollison says, “The message to the public is, I’m not going to be a problem for you, I’m not going to be a problem for employees and patrons and the governor.”
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