“The business model we’re implementing is going to run better than the current business model, with no revenue coming in.”
—Ross Mollison, producer of Absinthe speaking about the plus side of reopening October 28 with health restrictions.
“The Vegas Loop will be a game-changer for our visitors seeking to quickly access world-class attractions and resorts throughout the destination in a fun and convenient way.”
—Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, talking about the underground people-mover proposed for the Strip and downtown.
“We need our businesses to open up more. That is the reality of economics.”
—Marc Dettenrieder, Teller County, Colorado, commission chairman, advocating that his county’s casinos be able to open up more and bring back table games
“We’ve proven that Las Vegas is a resilient city many times and we will do so again, but we cannot do it alone,” Titus said in a statement.
—U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada, who has introduced a bill to help fund ads to promote the tourist trade in the state, including casinos
“We just want to be treated fairly like all of the other businesses in the state of Washington,”
—Eric Persson of Maverick Gaming, asking that his non-tribal Washington state casinos be allowed to move indoors, as tribal casinos are operating
“We had an employee that attended a wedding in upstate New York test positive after not feeling well. We immediately did contract tracing and quarantined those with close contact with this staff member. We decided to temporarily close down and do mandatory COVID-19 testing on all staff. During this shutdown, we did floor-to-ceiling sanitizing and installed stand-alone air filtration units in our smaller areas because we wanted to be proactive and get ahead of this.”
—Rachel Ryan, Meadowlands Racetrack spokeswoman to NJ Online Gambling after the racetrack’s FanDuel sportsbook reopened following an 11-day closure for Covid-19 precautions
