There will be big splashes -- even amid ongoing protests over the death of a man in police custody in Minnesota -- and big hopes for recovery from an unprecedented and expensive shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
They are betting that safety measures -- disinfected dice; hand sanitizer and face masks everywhere; limited numbers of players at tables; temperature checks at entrances to some resorts; touchless cellphone check-ins -- will lure tourists back."I'm optimistic that customers will see that gaming properties invested time and effort to welcome them back to a safe and entertaining environment," state Gaming Control Board chief Sandra Douglass Morgan said Wednesday.
It won't quite be business as usual when the iconic Bellagio fountains dance back to life at dawn Thursday. Analysts like Feldman think it will take a long time to recover. By April, casino winnings were a fraction of 1% of a year earlier, and unemployment reached 28.2%, topping figures in any state even during the Great Depression.
Wynn Resorts, the Venetian and Palazzo are slated to open Thursday morning, along with the landmark STRAT casino and tower, Derek Stevens' downtown properties and others around Las Vegas owned by Boyd Gaming and Red Rock Resorts.
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