“If you don’t want to get vaccinated, I’ll have you arrested and then I’ll inject a vaccine into your buttocks.”
—Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president, who has threatened to jail and personally inoculate citizens who refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccine
“It’s the most technologically advanced and most production-sophisticated venue in the world. People are going to go in there and be blown away by the aesthetics.”
—Bobby Reynolds, senior vice president, AEG Presents Las Vegas, on what he calls the “wow factor” at the new Resorts World Las Vegas
“I think Resorts World will be a positive contributor. Do I think it’s going to somehow accelerate or change the recovery from Covid-19? No. But I think it’s part of that recovery.”
—Jeremy Aguero, principal, Applied Analysis, on the impact of Resorts World Las Vegas on the city’s post-pandemic rebound
“Every day of inaction in Maine is another day that offshore sites remain in business and New Hampshire rakes in tax dollars from Maine bettors.”
—Steve Silver, chairman, Maine Gambling Control Board, calling for the legalization of sports betting in the state
“After July 1, we will not be filling jobs we normally would be due to this very wrong law, which punishes us for trying to bring team members back to work.”
—Station Casinos, objecting to Nevada’s “Right to Return Law.” Station says the law is confusing, contradictory, and “exposes employers to costly litigation”
“I may have to give a little lesson before each show and say, ‘OK now everybody, you’re in here, let me give you the rules. If anybody passes out, they’re not welcome back next week.”
—Sammy Hagar, who plans to preach moderation—sort of—to audience members at his upcoming residency at the Strat in Las Vegas
“It’s pretty positive. I think we’ll be back to where we were (pre-pandemic) by the third quarter of 2022.”
—Stephen Miller, UNLV economics professor, who is mostly upbeat about the recovery of Nevada gaming—if another Covid wave doesn’t cause new shutdowns
“It’s like having a peeing section of a pool; it doesn’t work.”
—Cynthia Hallett, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, on the casino loophole that lets operators set aside 25 percent of the gaming floor for smoking
“Everybody seems very excited and ready to drop money.”
—Donna Lee, Nevadan who attended the June 24 soft opening of Resorts World Las Vegas
