Coronavirus Las Vegas

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No large gathering plans will be approved at this time. If larger events were previously approved to take place in the next three weeks, they must be canceled.

All youth and adult sport tournaments will be placed on pause. Retail and grocery stores with over 50, square feet capacity will now be required to have employees at all public entrances counting patrons to ensure compliance with capacity limits.

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Forgot Password? Don't have an account? Sign Up. Per an announcement by Gov. Steve Sisolak , masks are required in all public spaces, with few exceptions:.

The mandate includes exemptions for those with medical breathing issues or disabilities that make mask use impractical, as well as for children ages 2 — 9.

Businesses have the right to ask any patron to leave if they are not following the directive. Bellagio seems to have a similar pack available for guests.

Bellagio is providing these nifty mini PPE pouches that include a mask, hank sanitizer and this gadget. VegasStacyPR can you enlighten me.

Unsurprisingly, masks pose a unique challenge for casinos, who in the past have relied heavily on video surveillance for safety and fraud prevention.

You wondered, we answered. Clearly, face masks will be a fixture in some casinos on the Las Vegas Strip for the foreseeable future.

Face masks were notably absent from the marketing video put out by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Related: Where to buy face masks. Just like at nongaming hotels , casino resorts have boosted their sanitation measures to keep guests and employees safe.

Venetian resorts has the same procedures, with those who present a temperature over Tables are limited to three players at a time and onlookers cannot linger behind them.

The entire pit, including tables, is sanitized regularly. There's reason for caution: Since reopening in June, Wynn Las Vegas has reported positive COVID cases among its employees, according to data gathered as part of the property's rigorous testing and contact tracing program.

Tables are spaced out to allow for social distancing, and guests are asked to wear masks while walking to and from tables. While some restaurants that closed in March will never reopen, new ones are popping up despite the pandemic: Elio began serving Mexican cuisine at Wynn this summer, and Din Tai Fung, the Los Angeles-based dumpling and noodle hot spot, has just opened its first Las Vegas location at ARIA.

That staple of Las Vegas dining, buffets remain closed. The Wynn Buffet had reopened as a redesigned all-you-can eat experience with servers, but closed Sept.

Caesars Palace recently delayed the reopening of its usually popular Bacchanal Buffet. Closed by the state after coronavirus fears in July, they reopened for a second time on Sept.

Some of those serving food were already open, but now visitors can sit at bar tops and play video poker. While night clubs and pool parties remain off-limits, some are reopened in new guises — tweaked from high-energy parties into low-key pool hangouts or lounges with socially distanced seating, for instance.

Most are without DJs, but they all serve booze. These five account for over exposures since the beginning of the year, translating into many more infections.

In a rare move, the luxurious Wynn hotel released its internal figures last Thursday. According to their own testing, which was done at the initiative of the company and which does not include their entire workforce, workers out of 15, tested positive for the virus.

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