“Players are safer at card rooms than at retailers. We’ve done everything we can to make it safe for the customers or our employees.”
—John Griffo, director of business development for the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles County, California, where casinos have been ordered shuttered until December 20
“It’s a serious thing, this virus. We get it. People have to take individual responsibility and do the right thing. And we think we have been doing the right thing.”
—Keith Sharp, Gardens Casino’s general counsel remarking on Los Angeles County’s decision to close all cardrooms until December 20
“What I tell you today is when we get into a post-COVID world, the pent-up demand you’re going to see for gaming in general and Las Vegas in particular is going to be beyond your wildest dreams.”
—Tom Reeg, president and chief executive officer of Caesars Entertainment Inc, on the recovery of the industry once Covid-19 is no longer a factor
