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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Smoking while gambling is coming under scrutiny from one area doctor who believes the focus on health and safety could push casinos to think about going smoke free.
Casino restaurants can reopen, but they're going to need to direct traffic. That's the major takeaway from the requirements for reopening issued late last week by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. By Riley Snyder, The Nevada Independent Nevada gaming regulators are giving restaurants inside still-shuttered casino properties the green light to reopen, with some significant restrictions still.
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The ambiance of the casino floor in Las Vegas has always been known for gaming and cigarettes.
“Any kind of environmental toxin which includes second-hand smoke I think could potentially put you at risk for a respiratory illness,” Dr. Christina Madison of Roseman University, said.
She says smoking can create issues that create complications from COVID-19 which attacks a person’s respiratory system.
“Anything that damages the lung tissue. Anything that could potentially put you at risk for a respiratory pathogen is not a good idea,” Dr. Madison said.
Smoking wasn’t addressed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board in its reopening guidelines for casinos. UNLV professor and gaming historian David Schwartz isn’t surprised saying smoking has been so tied together with gaming. He says the reason for allowing smoking may be financial. Casinos that are smoke-free in other parts of the country haven’t been as successful.
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“The was a casino that opened in Atlantic City that opened with no smoking that didn’t do too well, but there could have been a lot of reasons for that,” he said.
Schwartz says any changes would depend on the comfort level of customers.
“They may not feel it’s a good idea to be breathing in other people’s smoke so that could impact for the locals and Strip casinos,” he said.
Dr. Madison believes the focus on health and safety during the pandemic could give casinos license to go smoke-free.
“I think this is really going to help them to make that transition without as much pushback as I think they would have had otherwise,” she said.
Ina statement the Nevada Gaming Control Board said:
The Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, codified at NRS 202.2483, prohibits smoking and vaping inside most indoor spaces in Nevada. Subsection 3(a) of NRS 202.2483 provides an exemption from the smoking ban for areas inside casinos in which gaming operations take place (gaming floor, poker rooms, race and sports book, etc.). Smoking and vaping are still allowed in these areas; however, a casino operator can designate separate rooms or areas within the establishment as nonsmoking or nonvaping. For example, many casinos now voluntarily offer smoke-free poker rooms.
Areas of casinos that are not in the gaming area are required to be smoke-free and vape-free. These areas include restaurants, bars, shopping malls, retail establishments, concert halls, theaters, convention areas, etc. Additionally, the Act now bans smoking and the use of e-cigarettes or vaping products in all areas of grocery and convenience stores, including gaming areas in these businesses.
As the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is statutory provision, any prohibition on smoking in gaming areas of casinos would need to be first passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. If such a change to NRS 202.2483 were to occur, the Gaming Control Board would surely enforce such a prohibition as part of its strict regulation of gaming operators in this State. The Board has received many public comment submissions regarding the public’s concern about smoking in casinos and how that may affect the health and safety of Nevadans and visitors when gaming operations are allowed to resume, and the Board keeps the Commission and all other relevant parties apprised of these comments.
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI) (“Eldorado,” “ERI,” or “the Company”) announced that it will resume operations at Eldorado Resort Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Hotel Casino in Reno, MontBleu Resort Casino Spa in Lake Tahoe and Tropicana Laughlin today, Thursday, June 4, 2020. With today’s reopenings in Nevada, 16 of Eldorado’s 23 casino entertainment facilities have resumed operations following the suspension of operations in March.
“We are excited and grateful to be able to reopen our casinos in Nevada. As we resume operations at our facilities across the country, the health and safety of our Team Members and Guests remains our number one priority. We have been working very hard over the last two months in partnership with the State of Nevada and the Nevada Gaming Control Board to prepare for these reopenings. We look forward to providing the outstanding service and hospitality experiences our casinos in Nevada are known for in a safe manner,” said Anthony Carano, President and Chief Operating Officer of Eldorado Resorts.
THE ROW Reno, which is comprised of Eldorado Resort Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno, plans a phased reopening process of its hotel rooms. Silver Legacy’s newly upgraded room accommodations will be the first available beginning June 4. Silver Legacy is located in the center of the action with easy access to Eldorado Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno. Upon reopening, guests will be able to enjoy the amenities and gaming floors at all three properties.
Eldorado is implementing procedures that limit gaming capacity and casino floor occupancy and ensure proper social distancing at its Nevada properties and is adhering to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s regulations.
Eldorado has developed a comprehensive list of health and safety protocols which are being implemented in all gaming markets where it has operations as they reopen. For more information, please visit www.eldoradoresorts.com/health-and-safety
About Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Eldorado Resorts is a leading casino entertainment company that owns and operates twenty-three properties in eleven states, including Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, and Ohio. In aggregate, Eldorado’s properties feature approximately 23,900 slot machines, VLTs and e-tables and approximately 660 table games, and over 11,300 hotel rooms. For more information, please visit www.eldoradoresorts.com
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