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LAS VEGAS – More people will soon be allowed to play at Strip casinos.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced that he resurrected COVID-November 19 restrictions that restricted the casino’s capacity to 25 percent. Starting February 15, the capacity restriction will gradually begin to decrease.
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On February 15, the following locations will move from 25% of capacity to 35%:
Meanwhile, libraries, museums, galleries, aquariums and zoos will grow to 50% of their capacity.
“As we remove restrictions, we want to stick to science and studies, which obviously and continuously imply that closing certain parameters has more of an effect on reducing disease transmission,” Sisolak said in an update Thursday on Nevada’s reaction efforts. COVID-19. ” While we expect trends to continue to decline if all mitigation measures are met, we will need to remain flexible, as we have. “
Indoor food in restaurants and bars will be limited to 35% of its capacity, but food will not have a capacity limit.
Reservations will no longer be required on February 15. The number of consumers authorized to a table with a jump of four to 6, according to Sisolak.
On March 15, companies operating at 35% will increase their capacity to 50%.
From now until May 1, retail stores, indoor grocery stores and network recreation centers will remain at 50 percent.
Spas, massage establishments, hairdressers, hairdressers, nail salons and other corporations that supply skin cosmetics will continue to operate in accordance with strict social distance requirements, according to Sisolak.
In addition, some high-risk businesses and activities (adult entertainment establishments, nightclubs and day clubs and brothels) will be closed until at least 1 May.
This is the date when the state hopes to transfer the duty to control COVID-19 mitigation to the authorities, Sisolak said.
“To achieve this goal, counties will now want until the end of April to demonstrate a minimum in COVID finishes, a good enough hospital capacity in their dominance, and evidence that they can continue to be well enough,” Sisolak said.
But even when the state changes its reaction efforts to local management, state protocols will remain in a position to stop COVID-19, adding the mask mandate and social esture requirements.
Sisolak said for months that he was walking the tightrope seeking to protect others while preventing the tourism-dependent economy from suffering additional blows.
His most recent move points to one in the game and entertainment capital of this country: Nevada’s central economic engine.
In April, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the closure of all casinos to involve the virus that has killed more than 471,000 Americans and inflamed more than $27 million. %.
The consequences of COVID-19 have reshaped Las Vegas from a global destination to a regional gaming center that relies on drive-in activities in California and Arizona. Casinos have been reduced, opening hours have atrofied and thousands of people have been unemployed.
Visits are now in grades that the state has noticed since 1993. With concerts and conventions cancelled and hotel visits closed, Nevada will remain in monetary difficulties until COVID-19 restrictions are removed and travelers regain confidence.
In 2019, Nevada generated $12 billion in gaming revenue; it is the first time in 12 years that the state has reached this threshold, and only the third time.
December, a traditionally bad month for Nevada casinos at the end of a traditionally bad year. The State Gaming Control Board blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the effects that seem to indicate that casino profits totaled $7. 8 billion by 2020, 34. 6% less than last year and the lowest for a year. year since 1997.
Executives of major casino corporations are confident that Nevada will have more restrictions in the coming months.
“We expect March to start to look like October if we’re lucky,” MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle said in an effects call Wednesday. setback as we prepare for the events. “
Meanwhile, COVID-19 instances continue to multiply in Nevada. On Thursday morning, fitness recorded 286,387 cases shown and 4,637 deaths across the state.
Contributor: Associated Press.
Ed Komenda writes about Las Vegas for the Reno Gazette Journal and USA Today Network. Do you care about democracy? So, local journalism through subscribing to the Reno Gazette Journal right here.