{"id":23715,"date":"2020-06-15T00:27:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=23715"},"modified":"2020-06-15T00:27:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:27:04","slug":"vital-vegas-podcast-ep-111-vegas-is-open-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vital-vegas-podcast-ep-111-vegas-is-open-ish\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Vegas Podcast, Ep. 111: Vegas is Open-ish"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Las Vegas casinos are open again, and we&rsquo;ve got all the scoop about this surreal chapter in Sin City history.<\/p>\n<p>We check out a number of newly-reopened casinos to see what&rsquo;s changed temporarily and what may be here to stay. From temperature checks to Plexiglas dividers at table games, you&rsquo;ll get the inside skinny on how new protocols are altering the Las Vegas experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23717\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-23717 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Masks Las Vegas casinos\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/masks_table_games.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masks have been banned in casinos forever. Now, not so much.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This episode features an interview with Jonathan Jossel, CEO of Plaza Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Plaza is one of our favorite places to play downtown, and we highly recommend a podcast Jossel and his team put out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plazahotelcasino.com\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On the Corner of Main Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Jossel deftly takes on our annoying questions and provides insights into what it&rsquo;s like to reopen a Las Vegas casino following a lockdown, and also shares what&rsquo;s next for the Plaza.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8008\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-8008 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Plaza Las Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/plaza_sign.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You know the place, now, meet the guy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also speak with the co-host of <a href=\"https:\/\/tippingtheoddslasvegas.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tipping the Odds Las Vegas<\/a> podcast, epidemiologist Dr. Kevin Maki.<\/p>\n<p>Maki has participated in more than 250 clinical trials and observational studies as an investigator, consultant or statistician, and he&rsquo;s our go-to for translating data into plain English.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s also the usual pointless crap we slapped together at the last minute, so gird your loins and take a listen.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14823851\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas casinos are open again, and we&rsquo;ve got all the scoop about this surreal chapter in Sin City history. 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