Nevada Governor Outlines Reopening Guidelines: Restaurants, Retail Can Open With Employee Masks But Casinos/Gaming Still Grounded
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Hope for the future.
Slowly, Las Vegas is coming back. Very slowly.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that starting Saturday retail stores and restaurants can open at 50 percent capacity and if all workers wear masks. But casinos and gaming will remain close. Also not re-opening are bars, nightclubs, taverns, gyms, yoga, dance, pilates, bowling alleys, movie theaters, community centers, brothels, spas, massage parlors and piercing.
No pro sports in Nevada, too. Well, Las Vegas-based UFC can hold fight shows across the continent in Jacksonville, Florida
Meanwhile, the new Las Vegas Raiders were scheduled to announced their schedule for 2020 about 90 minutes after Sisolak’s news conference. Multiple media reports say Raiders will open on road in Carolina, while the first home game at Allegiant Stadium will be Game 2 with a match-up with the New Orleans Saints.
“Nobody knows what to expect come Saturday,” Sisolak said of restaurants having the chance to re-open. “It’s a beginning to get people to come back.”
Sisolak also urged people to wear masks when outside their homes and said residents should continue to main six feet social distancing.
“In an ideal world, everybody should wear a mask,” Sisolak said.
Other highlights include no groups of 10 people, no timeline on casinos/gaming and counties can adopt more strict rules than the state.
Here are Thursday’s COVID-19 numbers for Nevada.
