Thousands of workers employed by New York casinos and racetracks are also on notice. Employees at the four upstate casinos — Tioga Downs, del Lago, Rivers, and Resorts World Catskills — as well as at one of the two downstate racinos, Resorts World New York City — have been told their termination is looming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
More than 4,100 WARN letters have been handed to workers employed in New York’s commercial gaming industry.<\/p>\n
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) says there is no set date when the commercial casinos might reopen. Many of the state’s tribal casinos, however, unlocked their doors last month.<\/p>\n
New York has been the hardest-hit state by COVID-19. Real estate developer Jeff Gural, who owns Tioga Downs, as well as the Meadowlands in New Jersey, says Cuomo has done a good job in mitigating the coronavirus. But he believes the state is ready to resume business.<\/p>\n
\nWe know for a fact that our customers are not sitting at home waiting for us to reopen,”<\/strong> Gural explained. “They are simply getting in their cars and driving to casinos in areas where the transmission rate is far higher.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nGural believes the continued closures of commercial casinos could be helping to spread the coronavirus, as gamblers travel elsewhere to test their luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Additional US casino operators are informing team members across the country that their jobs are being eliminated, a decision that comes in response to reduced demand. Giant regional gaming operator Boyd Gaming is the latest to inform employees that a reduction in jobs is forthcoming. In compliance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":141635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
More US Casino Operators Announce Layoffs, Reduction to Exceed 10K<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n