All Las Vegas MGM casinos, hotels set to temporarily close

[EarthFirst]

Source: Las Vegas Review

MGM Resorts International announced Sunday that it would temporarily suspend operations at all Las Vegas properties, effective Tuesday.

Casino operations are set to close Monday, followed by hotel operations.

The Las Vegas-based company operates the Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Luxor, New York-New York, Excalibur and Park MGM. It also owns 50 percent of CityCenter, which includes Aria and Vdara.

Also, Wynn Resorts Ltd. is set to close its Las Vegas properties 14 days beginning 5 p.m. Tuesday to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/all-las-vegas-mgm-casinos-hotels-set-to-temporarily-close-1981920/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I guess nothing will happen in Vegas.

[ZZenith]

3. We still won't know about it when it doesn't.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. True.

[MoonlitKnight]

2. Well that's it

good for them for doing the right thing.

[Cerridwen]

5. They're using this as an excuse for layoffs. Stopping the virus is a fortunate coincidence...

They're using this as an excuse for layoffs. Stopping the virus is a fortunate coincidence and gets them tons of PR.

They did the same thing after 9/11. Let go hundreds (1000s?) of people. A few months later they posted record earnings or profits (I forget which).

[dalton99a]

6. The travel and tourism industries are dead this year.

[marcpud]

7. Sad to hear

We were planning a short stay at Park MGM, scheduled to arrive Sunday, depart on Wednesday. We regrettably decided to cancel our trip last Thursday. Hoping to reschedule later this year.

[Initech]

8. I'm self-quarantining in a hotel right now.

If the hotels get shut down, I and people like me are completely fucked.

[FightingIrish]

9. I checked Trump Hotels and they are still

open for business in Las Vegas. They have rooms as cheap as $119 / night. Their motto is “Never Settle” which apparently wasn’t the motto of Trump University which settled for $25,000,000.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. This should be a boon for on-line gambling.....

for those that have to get that fix.

Most worrying is that casinos on Native American reservations could really suffer.........