{"id":10104,"date":"2020-03-17T19:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2020-03-17T19:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:54:48","slug":"las-vegas-poker-rooms-close-to-reduce-covid-19-spread-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/las-vegas-poker-rooms-close-to-reduce-covid-19-spread-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Poker Rooms Close To Reduce Covid-19 Spread Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The global spread<\/strong> of coronavirus \/Covid-19\/ has already impacted<\/strong> the casino industry, as the general approach towards\nlimiting the outbreak is to prevent people from gathering. Live poker<\/strong> has already been affected<\/strong>, too, with a number of\nhigh-end tournaments<\/strong> around the\nworld being taken off<\/strong> the calendar\ndue to the pandemic virus spread. In Las\nVegas<\/strong>, though, some gaming operators heeded the warning and closed or will\nclose its facilities, while others show where their priorities lie. And it is\ndefinitely not<\/strong> health concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Out of 31 poker rooms in Sin City<\/strong>, only 18 consider operating beyond Tuesday, after President Trump<\/strong> asked the nation to avoid discretionary travel and social gatherings<\/a>. World-famous poker rooms such as Aria<\/strong> and Bellagio<\/strong>, housed in MGM Resorts<\/strong> properties, will close doors as all MGM casinos and hotels are temporarily ceasing <\/strong>operations to join the effort to halt the spread of the disease. Wynn Resorts<\/strong>, the company operating Wynn Las Vegas<\/strong> and Encore<\/strong>, ha<\/a>s<\/a> also decided to close doors to reduce the risk of further spreading the virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The health of the nation seems to\nbe of little<\/strong> concern to the Venetian<\/strong> poker room, compared to the\nrevenue the 32-table<\/strong> card room\ngenerates, as it will continue<\/strong>\noperations, despite the threat of the coronavirus, albeit with some restrictions<\/strong>, as its management is\nimplementing a strict policy to adhere to the recommendations from health experts\nregarding social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDue to recent restrictions from the Nevada Gaming Control board, all play in the poker room will have a maximum of three players per table.\u201d <\/p>The Venetian poker room <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Another poker room where management\nseems to think more<\/strong> about revenue\nthan the health of its employees and customers is the Orleans<\/strong>, a mile west of the Strip. Much alike the Venetian, table restrictions<\/strong> will be in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn response to government and health officials’ recommendations of social distancing, all poker games at the Orleans Poker Room will be played with a maximum of five players per table until further notice. We appreciate your understanding.\u201d <\/p>The Orleans poker room <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Despite the fact that most of its\nregulars are within<\/strong> the age bracket\nwith most fatalities from the coronavirus, 50\nand above<\/strong>, the Orleans<\/strong> poker\nroom continue<\/strong> operations and its clients,\nas much as the poker room itself, keep neglecting\n<\/strong>the risk for their health by coming to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether the implemented table\nrestrictions by the Venetian<\/strong> and the\nOrleans <\/strong>poker rooms would be\neffective is questionable and their stance to remain open during times when\neveryone joins the effort to halt the spread of the virus has already spurred\ncriticism in social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The global spread of coronavirus \/Covid-19\/ has already impacted the casino industry, as the general approach towards limiting the outbreak is to prevent people from gathering. Live poker has already been affected, too, with a number of high-end tournaments around the world being taken off the calendar due to the pandemic virus spread. In Las […]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[279,418,531,760],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-las-vegas","tag-poker-room","tag-the-orleans","tag-the-venetian"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHealth vs Revenue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Venetian \u2013 3-Max<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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