2587 stories by Ed Silverstein
Connecticut’s Foxwoods Dealers Did Not Get Chance to Negotiate on Paid Leave Before Closure: Report
Dealers at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort Casino were furloughed along with thousands of other venue workers as the property shut down for at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Management did not sit down with the unionized workers about the closure....
No NAB Show This Year in Las Vegas, Other Conventions May Be Rescheduled
Las Vegas will lose an estimated $153 million with the recent decision by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to cancel its trade show for 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this month, there was hope the NAB Show was just...
Hawaii Legislator Believes He Contracted COVID-19 During Las Vegas Trip
A winter break to Las Vegas likely led to an elderly Hawaiian state senator getting coronavirus. As a result, the entire Hawaii state capitol building got shut down for a couple of weeks. Clarence Nishihara, 76, remains quarantined in his residence on...
Las Vegas Casinos, Hotels, Convention Center Possible Spaces to House COVID-19 Patients
Las Vegas has about 150,000 hotel rooms and other spacious properties that could temporarily hold, if needed, the escalating number of people afflicted with coronavirus, experts told Casino.org. But putting patients, even those with less-severe cases, in such locations has some drawbacks....
Las Vegas Mayor Says City, Tourism ‘Cannot Survive’ Nevada’s Month-Long Coronavirus Shutdown
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman asked Gov. Steve Sisolak Wednesday to drastically cut his minimum 30-day statewide closure on casinos, hotels, and other “non-essential” businesses in Nevada because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Without scaling back Tuesday’s order to, perhaps, eight to 10...
Venetian, Palazzo Closing ‘As Soon as Possible’ Given COVID-19 Impact
The Venetian, The Palazzo, as well as the Sands Expo and Convention Center are closing at least until April 1. The announcement from Las Vegas Sands comes today, just two days after the company said the two resorts would remain open despite...
Two More States Close Casinos as COVID-19 Spreads Nationwide
Kansas and Mississippi are among the latest states to close gaming properties because of the growing threat from the potentially deadly coronavirus. Kansas’s four state-owned gaming operations will close tonight through at least March 30. The decision to shutter the Kansas venues...
Hard-Hit Travel Industry May Receive Government Aid to Counter COVID-19 Losses
The US travel sector is “increasing likely” to receive federal financial assistance given continuing losses from the coronavirus outbreak, according to multiple experts. But many warn it is not clear where hotels, especially large ones, may rank in worthiness. Airlines and possibly...
Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods Latest Casinos to Close as Coronavirus Expands
Connecticut’s two tribal gaming properties, Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, will close at 8 p.m. Tuesday to help curb the COVID-19 outbreak. They are expected to reopen in two weeks. The move comes after the state’s governor, Ned Lamont, along with...
Gaming Employees Increasingly Stricken with Coronavirus, New Safeguards Discussed in Negotiations
Las Vegas-based Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has started the process of negotiating with the region’s properties on the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, and management has suggested some new protections, according to news reports. Casino workers nationwide are continuing to test...
