{"id":155167,"date":"2020-11-12T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=155167"},"modified":"2020-11-12T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:32:14","slug":"new-york-state-casinos-limit-restaurant-and-bar-hours-under-new-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-state-casinos-limit-restaurant-and-bar-hours-under-new-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Casinos Limit Restaurant and Bar Hours Under New Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bars and restaurants at New York State casinos are required to close at 10 pm every night under new COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), seen here, gestures during a recent media briefing. Cuomo this week announced restrictions on bar and restaurant operating hours statewide. (Image: CNBC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faced with rising coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said this week that bars, restaurants, and gyms statewide are required to close \u201cin-person\u201d service from 10 pm to 5 am daily. These closures are effective on Friday, Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

The closures also apply to these services at commercial casinos and racetracks, said Michael Kane, president and executive director of the New York Gaming Association.<\/p>\n

The Empire State is home to four full commercial casinos and eight racetracks, known as \u201cracinos,\u201d that only offer video gaming.<\/p>\n

Kane told Casino.org<\/em> on Thursday that Cuomo\u2019s announcement had no additional impact on casinos, other than the limited hours for restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n

Across the state, bars and restaurants are required to clear customers out by 10 pm, according to the New York Post.<\/em> The kitchen at these places can remain open for takeout and delivery.<\/p>\n

In New York City alone, the average positivity rate for coronavirus tests over the last seven days rose to 2.52 percent \u2014 the highest rate since June 9, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

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Cuomo said during a Veterans Day media briefing that if these new measures fail to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the state might implement tighter restrictions. This would include prohibiting all indoor dining.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the media briefing on Wednesday, Cuomo did not mention any plans to close casinos again.<\/p>\n

Six-Month Lockdown<\/h2>\n

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, Cuomo ordered \u201cnonessential\u201d businesses, including casinos, to close.<\/p>\n

The governor gradually allowed some businesses to reopen. However, he kept casinos closed during the summer. State health officials were concerned about large numbers of people clustered together in a confined space.<\/p>\n

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After a six-month lockdown, Cuomo allowed casinos to reopen Sept. 9 at 25 percent capacity. He required other safety measures, including mandatory masks for employees and customers. Physical barriers, such as plexiglass walls, are required at table games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The casinos and tracks began reopening throughout September. Some needed additional time beyond Sept. 9 to train employees and install safety requirements. Empire City, a harness track in Yonkers, was the last resort to reopen<\/a>. It began operating again Sept. 21. Yonkers is just north of the Bronx, a New York City borough.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Closures<\/h2>\n

Also this week, New Jersey Gov. Phi Murphy (D) implemented bar and restaurant restrictions<\/a> to curb an increase in COVID-19 infections in the Garden State.<\/p>\n

Murphy\u2019s directive prohibits indoor dining between 10 pm and 5 am at restaurants, bars, clubs, and lounges. Casinos are required to stop serving food and drinks at 10 pm, he said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

The governor said on CNBC<\/em> this week the state is “tweaking our parameters at the edges\u201d to suppress the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

“They won’t come close to what we were doing in the spring,” he said. “This is not a lockdown.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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