Before the tribe announced it would close the Florida casinos, Toledo went on social media claiming a Hard Rock Tampa employee was told they could not wear masks or gloves.<\/p>\n
A message to Hard Rock representatives was not immediately returned Friday evening.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Toledo said she was happy that tribal leadership decided to close.<\/p>\n
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“The health and well-being of our community is of the utmost importance as we battle this pandemic and operating the casino presents a health risk to workers, patrons, and our community at-large,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
She also thanked those in the community who called to support the shutdown.<\/p>\n
Florida COVID-19 Update<\/h2>\n
The Seminoles announcement came as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida jumped by more than 100 in a day. According to state government data, there are 563 confirmed cases in the state and 11 deaths.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the week, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered all the bars and nightclubs closed in the state for 30 days. The Republican also put in guidelines restricting crowds to no more than 10 people on the state\u2019s public beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced on Friday it would close its casinos in the Sunshine State to help control the spread of the coronavirus. The shutdown of its gaming venues took place at 6 p.m. ET. The Seminoles, which owns Hard Rock International, operate six casinos in Florida. That includes Hard Rock gaming facilities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":130726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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