Steve Sisolak’s emergency order closed non-essential businesses statewide to prevent people from gathering and spreading the COVID-19 illness. “This is an extremely important moment.”Ĭasino resorts that had been famously always open were shuttered in mid-March - idling Nevada’s key tourism and hospitality industry nearly 89 years to the day since gambling was legalized in 1931.
“There’s a tremendous amount on the line, not only for casinos, but for the community and the state,” said Alan Feldman, a longtime casino executive now a fellow at the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There will be big splashes - even amid ongoing protests over the death of a man in police custody in Minnesota that resulted in tear gas in recent nights on the neon-lit Las Vegas Strip - and big hopes for recovery from an unprecedented and expensive shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Thursday at casinos in Las Vegas and Nevada. LAS VEGAS - After 58 days of historic quiet, cards will be cut, dice will roll and jackpots can jingle again 12:01 a.m. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
