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March 14th, 2020 at 8:41:04 PM permalink
I know it's being posted to other threads. But I thought it might be useful have one thread for casino closures, or limited closures, and whatever info you know about related to that for everyone to take note of.
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:05:42 PM permalink
They just said tonight they're
closing my local casino on
Sunday night indefinitely
and laying off all employees.
They just added a $10 mil
parking garage and in the process
of a new $30 mil expansion.
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:12:15 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

They just said tonight they're
closing my local casino on
Sunday night indefinitely
and laying off all employees.
They just added a $10 mil
parking garage and in the process
of a new $30 mil expansion.




List, please.
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:26:21 PM permalink
Gun Lake Casino between GR
and Kzoo. I haven't heard anything
about Firekeepers, Soaring Eagle
or Four Winds.
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:27:16 PM permalink
I know

Empire casino NY

Valley Forge Pa

And MGM Springfield all closed
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:40:45 PM permalink
Wind Creek Bethlehem PA shutting down as of today
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March 14th, 2020 at 9:57:18 PM permalink
Casinos of Winnipeg are down to no table games and about 1/3 of the slots. Rumour is tomorrow is the last day they are open for awhile.
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March 14th, 2020 at 10:02:44 PM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

List, please.




In California:

Commerce Casino

The Bike

Hawaiian Gardens

Hollypark

("plan to re-open as soon as possible")

Pechanga Casino

and as someone already mentioned in this thread, San Manuel, at least through end of month for Pechanga and San Manuel.
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March 15th, 2020 at 2:10:24 AM permalink
In Indiana,all casinos except for Four Winds in South bend will close on March16 at 6am for a minimum of 14 days. Four winds is an indian casino.
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March 15th, 2020 at 3:52:27 AM permalink
Wynn/Encore has closed its buffet "until an appropriate time" after a brief attempt to use"food ambassadors" to keep patrons at a distance from the food, but casino seems to be open but with an extremely noticeable bounty of hand sanitizing stations and employees wiping slot machines.

Venetian/Palozzo remaining open with very prominent sanitizing stations. One employee stationed at escalator was observed to spend her entire shift constantly sanitizing the handrail. One patron who bypassed a hand sanitizing station was approached by a bottle-weilding employee.
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:54:23 AM permalink
Mrs Wizard said yesterday the Bellagio was closing, but it looks like she got taken in by another myth.
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March 15th, 2020 at 5:01:17 AM permalink
All casinos in Illinois.
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March 15th, 2020 at 5:03:14 AM permalink
All Rhode Island and Mass casinos.
All Quebec province casinos.
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March 15th, 2020 at 6:01:56 AM permalink
Rivers Pittsburgh CLOSED 12:01 this morning by government order.

Meadows PA APPEARS OPEN but with the now usual restaurant closings/limits and other "measures."
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March 15th, 2020 at 6:07:21 AM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

Casinos of Winnipeg are down to no table games and about 1/3 of the slots. Rumour is tomorrow is the last day they are open for awhile.


This strategy is being used elsewhere. They want to stay open and not have people close together, so every other machine is turned off. The casinos called your mother's
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March 15th, 2020 at 6:37:35 AM permalink
Foxwoods and Mohegan (Connecticut) have announced that table games are closed, although Foxwoods said that table games in one section would remain open. That seems silly: crowd all the table game players still there onto a smaller number of open tables?

Whether it's all bigly over-hyped or a true pandemic, going to a casino today doesn't seem to make much sense. Although seeing people and the way most of them play, it never did. So Mr. and Mrs. Martingale will, for sure, still be there.
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:04:02 AM permalink
Great Cedar and Fox Tower hotels are marked "sold out" at Foxwoods through the end of March. Piquot and Two Trees Inn are still taking reservations. Methinks the "sold out" really means "closed," and I'll bet staff has been let go for now.
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:10:45 AM permalink
Here is what I see in Atlantic City casinos

Men smoking cigars and women smoking cigarettes and blowing smoke halfway across the casino

Considering how the virus is transmitted this seems like just another situation smokers don't care about anyone's health

What the open casinos should at least do is ban smoking and any other air transmitted habits.
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:23:32 AM permalink
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:32:14 AM permalink
Quote: racquet

Foxwoods and Mohegan (Connecticut) have announced that table games are closed...

Foxwoods announces this on their site; nothing yet for Mohegan Sun.

Quote: racquet

... Foxwoods said that table games in one section would remain open. That seems silly: crowd all the table game players still there onto a smaller number of open tables?

Staffing fewer tables and closing some hotels sounds like a wise business move in terms of bean counting. Not so much for public health.
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:33:58 AM permalink
Quote: darkoz

Here is what I see in Atlantic City casinos

Men smoking cigars and women smoking cigarettes and blowing smoke halfway across the casino

Considering how the virus is transmitted this seems like just another situation smokers don't care about anyone's health

What the open casinos should at least do is ban smoking and any other air transmitted habits.


Nice thought...never happen.

Parx casino closing.
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March 15th, 2020 at 8:52:58 AM permalink
all Ohio casinos either close down or limit to no more than 100 people (staff and guest combined). That can't possibly be worth the effort...
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March 15th, 2020 at 9:38:21 AM permalink
Quote: rsactuary

all Ohio casinos either close down or limit to no more than 100 people (staff and guest combined). That can't possibly be worth the effort...


How the heck can they even do something like that? A person enters only if someone else leaves?

This has gotten crazy.

I'm leaning that we take the next 2 weeks and shut down every non essential business. Declare martial law. A state by state approach is nonsensical. Should be a consistent approach for all 50 states.
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March 15th, 2020 at 9:52:10 AM permalink
Just saw this on CNN:
Quote: CNN


Maryland governor issues emergency order to close all casinos, racetracks

From CNN's Liz Turrell

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued an emergency order to close all Maryland casinos, racetracks and simulcast betting facilities to the general public indefinitely today.

"This situation continues to evolve and will escalate rapidly and dramatically….these are unprecedented actions in an extraordinary situation, but they could be the difference in saving lives and keeping people safe," Hogan said.

The order does not apply hotels adjacent to the casinos.

The following properties are affected by the governor’s emergency order, which takes effect at midnight on March 16 and will remain in effect until the state of emergency has been terminated or until superseded by other orders:

MGM National Harbor
Live! Casino & Hotel
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore
Hollywood Casino Perryville
Ocean Downs Casino
Rocky Gap Casino Resort
Laurel Park
Pimlico Race Course
Timonium Race Course
Fair Hill Races
Rosecroft Raceway
Ocean Downs
All simulcast betting facilities in the state

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March 15th, 2020 at 2:24:16 PM permalink
Quote: BleedingChipsSlowly

Staffing fewer tables and closing some hotels sounds like a wise business move in terms of bean counting. Not so much for public health.



The Mississippi casinos remain open and fully operational, but some shows are cancelled. MS Gaming was quoted as wanting to keep their current position "fluid" as the situation continues to develop. We'll see if this is a wise business move or not.
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March 15th, 2020 at 2:25:00 PM permalink
Most if not all Oklahoma casinos remain open as of 3/15 with no apparent plans to close as of now, although some special events and concerts have been canceled or postponed.
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March 15th, 2020 at 3:23:13 PM permalink
Quote: TDVegas

How the heck can they even do something like that? A person enters only if someone else leaves?

This has gotten crazy.

I'm leaning that we take the next 2 weeks and shut down every non essential business. Declare martial law. A state by state approach is nonsensical. Should be a consistent approach for all 50 states.



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March 15th, 2020 at 3:38:41 PM permalink
The whole thing is a gigantic crock of s$$t. The news is just scare'em, scare'em, scare'em. You'd think it was the Black Plague when it's just a different kind of flu.

I'm waiting for martial law to be declared so that you can't even leave your house without the government's permission.

On the good side, it's caused a fire sale on Wall Street.

Also, I'm making a lot of money by selling my toilet paper at gouge prices on Craig's list.
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March 15th, 2020 at 3:46:11 PM permalink
When casinos claim that they're implementing measures to help mitigate the spread of the Wuhan Corona Virus I have to laugh! The slot machines are still disgusting, covered in ash and beer and god knows what else.

And why in the hell are they still letting gamblers still smoke and vape in the casinos!!!
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March 15th, 2020 at 3:46:49 PM permalink
Quote: Lovecomps

(snip)Also, I'm making a lot of money by selling my toilet paper at gouge prices on Craig's list.


I live in Australia and people were paying over $50,000 on ebay for some toilet paper, you can still get over $5,100 (going by the current bids, with 2 plus days to go).

See link:
https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=toilet+paper&_sacat=0&_sop=3

Good luck and hope you don't get into any fights over tp

see links below:
https://www.google.com/search?q=person+getting+bashed+up+over+toilet+paper+in+australia&rlz=1C1CHFX_enAU710AU710&oq=person+getting+bashed+up+over+toilet+paper+in+australia&aqs=chrome..69i57.13029j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/07/it-isnt-mad-max-police-warning-after-shoppers-brawl-over-toilet-paper-in-sydney
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:14:31 PM permalink
Quote: Lovecomps

The whole thing is a gigantic crock of s$$t. The news is just scare'em, scare'em, scare'em. You'd think it was the Black Plague when it's just a different kind of flu


'
Maybe to you, but not to those who are immunocompromised or have underlying health issues. This is about protecting those people.
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:21:34 PM permalink
All BARS to close in California. That's right, all bars, taverns, brew pubs, whatever. Governor just announced he wants all bars to close. They are not essential. They are considering all restaurants, but not yet. Just all bars. How many casinos have bars?

So stay home, self-isolate, and drink yourself silly.
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:23:54 PM permalink
I think they just added Wynn and Encore to the Close List. Did someone post this already?
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:25:36 PM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

All BARS to close in California. That's right, all bars, taverns, brew pubs, whatever. Governor just announced he wants all bars to close. They are not essential. They are considering all restaurants, but not yet. Just all bars. How many casinos have bars?

So stay home, self-isolate, and drink yourself silly.



Good Luck, here in PA the State Stores (only place in PA you can buy wine and booze) are having lines out the door.
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:27:28 PM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

I think they just added Wynn and Encore to the Close List. Did someone post this already?



I haven't heard that. There was a myth about the Bellagio and Mirage closing.

The governor just closed Nevada schools for three weeks. I think it would take the federal government to shutter the casinos here, although I could see some twin-properties like Venetian/Palazzo shutting one of them and transferring room reservations at the closed one.
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:29:09 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I haven't heard that. There was a myth about the Bellagio and Mirage closing.

The governor just closed Nevada schools for three weeks. I think it would take the federal government to shutter the casinos here, although I could see some twin-properties like Venetian/Palazzo shutting one of them and transferring room reservations at the closed one.



I would think that the Gaming Control Board would be the logical one to make the call. Do they have any jurisdiction over the hotel parts? Forget for the minute that without the hotel the casino does not need to be there....
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March 15th, 2020 at 4:29:12 PM permalink
Quote: AZDuffman

Good Luck, here in PA the State Stores (only place in PA you can buy wine and booze) are having lines out the door.




What does this mean? Aren't there any bars in Pennsylvania?
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March 15th, 2020 at 5:05:26 PM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

What does this mean? Aren't there any bars in Pennsylvania?



Of course there are. But if you want to buy a bottle you have to go to a "STATE STORE" (modern called "Wine and Spirit") as PA does not allow private liquor stores. PA is the largest wholesale buyer of booze in the USA. Bars must buy from the State Stores, presumable on some sort of commercial account.
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March 15th, 2020 at 5:14:46 PM permalink
Quote: bobbartop

I think they just added Wynn and Encore to the Close List. Did someone post this already?



Yep, it’s official.

Wynn and Encore are closing March 17th at 6pm for at least two weeks.
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March 15th, 2020 at 5:17:19 PM permalink
Business as usual at the largest casino in Az. Sold out outdoor concert tonight (2,854 people) for John Fogerty. No Az casinos have closed yet. Stores have trimmed hours to restock and clean but no closures. Movie theaters open but only selling 50% of seats to keep distance between customers. The only thing closed are schools through the end of the month.


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March 15th, 2020 at 5:39:49 PM permalink
Wynn and Encore to close....

First Vegas shoe to drop.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/wynn-encore-to-temporarily-close/amp/
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March 15th, 2020 at 6:02:24 PM permalink
All MGM casinos to close March 17.

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March 15th, 2020 at 6:07:27 PM permalink
This doesn’t surprise me. Close schools, bars, shows and restaurants but leave the casino floor open??

Gotta be kidding.

I’m assuming they realized the problem. If you are fighting this virus...it has to be consistent.
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March 15th, 2020 at 6:33:34 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

Business as usual at the largest casino in Az. Sold out outdoor concert tonight (2,854 people) for John Fogerty. No Az casinos have closed yet. Stores have trimmed hours to restock and clean but no closures. Movie theaters open but only selling 50% of seats to keep distance between customers. The only thing closed are schools through the end of the month.


ZCore13

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March 15th, 2020 at 6:51:35 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

Reckless, it shows where their priority is.



The problem is, there's only been 10 positive tests in Az. There's no social pressure yet. It might get there though. Medieval Times Restaurant/Show just notified of their closure. That's the biggest thing so far and right across the street from my Casino. Once that starts happening, others feel obligated to go along. That could be the first of things to come this next few days.


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March 15th, 2020 at 7:07:10 PM permalink
I don't think there's any connection between smoking and danger to non-smokers. It probably dangerous to The Smokers themselves when they're touching their cigarette and it goes in the mouth. Factors being a smoker if I'm out and I want to smoke are very low. I don't think staying inside going to work for me but being in public isn't working either. As long as everyone doesn't get sick at once that's what people need. All right now I'm at right now. I've had a cough for about 5 or 6 days but nothing else really.
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March 15th, 2020 at 7:17:44 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

The problem is, there's only been 10 positive tests in Az. There's no social pressure yet. It might get there though. Medieval Times Restaurant/Show just notified of their closure. That's the biggest thing so far and right across the street from my Casino. Once that starts happening, others feel obligated to go along. That could be the first of things to come this next few days.


ZCore13




I wonder if the virus can live in 120 degrees in the shade. That was the temp when I left Glendale.
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March 15th, 2020 at 7:22:03 PM permalink
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I don't think there's any connection between smoking and danger to non-smokers. It probably dangerous to The Smokers themselves when they're touching their cigarette and it goes in the mouth. Factors being a smoker if I'm out and I want to smoke are very low. I don't think staying inside going to work for me but being in public isn't working either. As long as everyone doesn't get sick at once that's what people need. All right now I'm at right now. I've had a cough for about 5 or 6 days but nothing else really.

That might have something to do with smokers lungs not being as strong as a normal person's. I'm going to have believe that smokers have a higher probability of dying from the virus
(And in general, as well). Do smokers have a better chance to get it, that I have no idea.
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March 15th, 2020 at 7:46:21 PM permalink
Quote: Zcore13

Business as usual at the largest casino in Az. Sold out outdoor concert tonight (2,854 people) for John Fogerty. No Az casinos have closed yet. Stores have trimmed hours to restock and clean but no closures. Movie theaters open but only selling 50% of seats to keep distance between customers. The only thing closed are schools through the end of the month.


ZCore13




I knew Fogerty was doing a tour, he's stopping in California too. So when you said this, I had to look it up. I got confused by "Talking Stick Resort". I thought, wtf is that? I figured it out. Never been there. When I left Arizona, I don't think there was any casino action. I know The Fort was there, but maybe just bingo. I know The Fort got live poker not long after I left. I went there in '88 when all the "social gambling" (loophole) started poping up in all the bars. Tommy's Full House, I think, started it all. If you weren't there then, I'm sure you must have heard plenty of stories. Phoenix was all the way live between '88 -'90. It was truly The Wild West. Some of the most fun I ever had in my life. Of course, I was 30-something, everything was fun when you're 30-something.
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