Everyone is excited for the Las Vegas reopen and to see things get (somewhat) back to normal. But what most people don’t know is the scary little secret about how returning visitors could have their whole vacation ruined before it even begins. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has added a new requirement to casinos reopen plans that might have you thinking twice about heading to Sin City. That requirements includes an order that casinos provide a “holding area” for people who aren’t not cleared to check in to a hotel by the health screening process. People who have probably flown…

The wait is finally over for Las Vegas casino openings! Here is a (mostly) complete list of which properties on the Strip, off the Strip and on Fremont Street will be welcoming customers this week: Strip Casinos Opening June 4th: Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Circus Circus, Cosmopolitan, Encore, Flamingo, MGM Grand, New York-New York, Palazzo, Sahara, The Strat, Treasure Island, Venetian and Wynn. Strip Casinos Opening June 5th: Harrah’s Strip Casinos Not Yet Scheduled for Opening: Aria, Bally’s, Cromwell, Excalibur, Linq, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Mirage, Paris, Planet Hollywood, and Park MGM. Fremont Street Casinos Opening June 4th: Binion’s, California Casino, The D, Downtown…

While the big name casinos get most of the attention in Sin City, the world famous Fremont Street Experience reopens on June 3rd… a full day ahead of Vegas Strip properties. Visitors will be able to walk beneath the famous canopy beginning at 9 that morning, more than two months after COVID-19 shut down the city. The street performers and retail shops should follow shortly. The Fremont Street Viva Vision canopy is 1,500 feet long and 90 feet wide… suspended nearly 100 feet above the street itself… will display a 144-hour countdown to the moment casinos reopen on June 4….

The Democratic Chairman of Atlantic County, Michael Suleiman, has challenged the Governor of New Jersey to reopen Atlantic City casinos safely by the July 4th holiday. The July 4 weekend precedes the July 7 Democratic primary, which in Atlantic County features a fiercely contests race for Congress. “The Atlantic City metro area saw a stunning 32% decline in employment, and we run the real risk of having one or more casinos stay shuttered if the casinos can’t capitalize on Fourth of July weekend, which would result in thousands of middle-class and working-class residents losing their jobs,” Suleiman said. He continued…

The long awaited reopening announcement about Las Vegas casinos could come on Tuesday, May 26th. Governor Steve Sisolak has a scheduled press conference to reveal his plans for the next phase of the state’s reopening plan from his “Roadmap to Recovery”. In has been two weeks since the start of Phase 1 in Nevada, and during that time the Governor’s Office have been monitoring data trends and evaluating potential plans for Phase 2. It is anticipated is that the Governor will address that issue directly during his press conference, and hopefully set a soft date for casinos to open their…

Even as rumors circulate that Las Vegas could turn the lights back on at casinos June 1st, Atlantic City casinos will remain dark for a bit longer. While some businesses in New Jersey start to reopen, Governor Phil Murphy said that he still doesn’t have a date for when casinos in the Garden State will be able to follow. Asked whether it will be weeks rather than months to see them operating again, Murphy said: “I don’t want to marry myself… I hope it’s that,” he said. Some casinos are still accepting hotel reservations, especially as beaches reopen for the…