.<\/em><\/p>\nOther properties are making their hotel rooms available just on weekends. The LINQ and Planet Hollywood, both on the Strip, are accepting room reservations only from Thursdays through Sundays.<\/p>\n
New Casino Strategies<\/h2>\n
As the hotel-casino industry in Las Vegas confronts the decline in tourism, some properties have adopted new business models to attract customers.<\/p>\n
Circa Resort in downtown Las Vegas held a grand opening early Wednesday as an adult-only property.<\/p>\n
The next day, the Cromwell reopened on the Strip as an adults-only resort. It had been closed since March when Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) ordered casinos and most other businesses to shut down as COVID-19 cases spiked. The governor allowed casinos to reopen in early June. Some reopened more quickly than others.<\/p>\n
Park MGM reopened in late September as the first smoke-free casino on the Strip. NoMad Las Vegas, a luxury hotel on Park MGM\u2019s upper floors, also is smoke-free.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MGM Resorts is thinking of shutting down some Las Vegas casinos during the middle of the week, the company says. This comes during a pandemic-related decline in tourism. Bill Hornbuckle, MGM Resorts International\u2019s CEO, said the company is \u201cgoing through an exercise\u201d in deciding what to keep open or close, according to the Las Vegas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":153933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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