Pa Casinos Reopening
Two casinos in Pennsylvania have reopened and another one is reopening Friday, while nine others remain closed temporarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There's no word yet when nine casinos. Key points include: Casinos can reopen at 50% capacity. Employees and guests must wear masks. There are markings on the floor to promote social distancing. Mandatory enhanced cleaning throughout the facility. Smoking is temporarily not permitted at PA casinos Sales of alcoholic beverages are. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The bright lights are on and Rivers Casino in Fishtown is ready to once again open up its doors Monday, after six weeks closed due to Philadelphia’s Safer-At-Home restrictions. “We’re excited to get the slots, table games, sports book, poker room, all open,” Rivers Casino General Manager Eric Fitzgerald said.
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Pennsylvania Casino News
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Pennsylvania casinos have been greenlighted to reopen as of Monday, Jan. 4, rekindling revenue streams that fund Thoroughbred purses in the state.
Governor Tom Wolf announced Dec. 30 that because COVID-19 mitigation efforts have been working to tamp down the spread of the pandemic, he will allow more stringent safety restrictions that went into effect Dec. 12 to expire as planned.
But that doesn't mean a full-blown opening for the 13 casinos in the state: Mitigation efforts will roll back to what they were on Dec. 11, which still caps casinos at 50% of occupancy. Similar restrictions were also eased for other social activities, like indoor dining, gyms, theaters and high school sports.
Parx and Penn National are the only two Thoroughbred tracks operating in Pennsylvania at this time of year.
“I think that's really good news. We can go back to getting monies from the casinos, and that's very important to us,” said Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association President Sal DeBunda in a video message posted to the organization's website Dec.31.
DeBunda noted owners will still not be able to enter the winner's circle to pose with their horses, “so it's not a total open situation, but it's back to the old rules before the mitigation rules were put in.”
Pennsylvania Casinos
Earlier this week, Penn National had announced a contingency plan to stay open through the month of January based on maintaining a nightly handle benchmark of $1.4 million in the event that Wolf had decided to extend the casino shutdown.