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LAS VEGAS
REOPENS FROM
HISTORIC
CORONAVIRUS
CASINO CLOSURE
The casino coronavirus closure has ended.
Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and
slot machines flashed and jingled for the first
customers who started gambling again early
Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada.
“The past few months have presented our
city with an unprecedented challenge,” said
Derek Stevens, owner of two downtown Las
Vegas casinos that were shuttered along with
all gambling establishments in the state 79
days ago. “We are excited to get our employees
back to work and to welcome guests to the
entertainment capital of the world.”
Hotel-casinos in suburban Las Vegas were the
first to open at 12:01 a.m., to be followed later
in the morning by a restart of the iconic Bellagio
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