The iconic Bellagio fountain came alive at 10 a.m.
'Walking around, not many people were using them,' he observed. Hwang said he was given face coverings earlier, including one with a Golden Gate logo at the city's oldest existing downtown casino. Employees can be required to wear facial coverings, and customers were encouraged to do so. State gambling regulators, citing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, required resorts to provide temperature screenings for hotel guests, but not casino patrons. The few people entering found no greeters at the door and no temperature checks. with seats removed to limit players at table games and slot machines. Jeff Hwang, a gambling enthusiast, author and blogger, began a trek at midnight to visit every casino in town that was scheduled to reopen.Įmployees wore masks, but not many customers, at about a dozen places Hwang said he stopped before going to the Treasure Island casino, which opened quietly about 9 a.m. A Las Vegas police officer remains hospitalized after being shot in the head late Monday during a protest on the Strip, and a man who authorities say was armed with several guns was shot and killed the same night outside downtown federal buildings. Las Vegas Strip casinos opened hours later in a nod to recent nighttime protests over the death of George Floyd, some of which turned violent.
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