{"id":23631,"date":"2020-06-07T21:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T04:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=23631"},"modified":"2020-06-07T21:13:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T04:13:55","slug":"las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Las Vegas has always been known for its “service first” attitude, now casino and restaurant workers face a challenge nobody could’ve predicted: Guests can’t see their smiles.<\/p>\n
Following the COVID-19 shutdown, casino and restaurant employees have to wear masks. That includes the folks we interact with most at casinos, including cocktail waitresses, servers and bartenders, among others.<\/p>\n
How are casino staffers overcoming this dilemma? They’re doing what they do best, they’re smiling and taking it in stride.<\/p>\n
Behold, the power of “smizing.”<\/p>\nThankfully, not the buzzkill we anticipated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
From our first visit to a reopened restaurant, we noticed immediately we could tell if servers were smiling just by their eyes, also known as “smizing.”<\/p>\n
“Smizing,” or “smiling with your eyes,” was popularized by model and TV host Tyra Banks.<\/p>\n
Vegas may not have invented “smizing,” but our service industry employees have perfected it.<\/p>\nEllis Island is as welcome as ever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Many wondered what affect masks would have on the Las Vegas experience. Would they spoil the vibe? Would they deter gamblers from hitting the tables?<\/p>\n
Apparently, not so much.<\/p>\nWolfgang Puck’s new Players Locker is wall-to-wall smizing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Demand for hotel rooms has been stronger than expected since casinos reopened on June 4, 2020, and casino employees, especially, have managed to make customers feel welcome despite masks.<\/p>\n
That even includes the town’s iconic showgirls.<\/p>\nWe can’t mask our mixed feelings about this. Thanks to Caesars Entertainment for the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
We’ve been all over town, and “smizing” is in full effect everywhere.<\/p>\nSometimes, it’s difficult to tell if someone’s smizing, but we sort of don’t care.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Interacting with your favorite dealer or restaurant server in a mask can be disconcerting at first, but after five minutes or so, it becomes a non-issue.<\/p>\nWe never gave eyes enough credit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
You still get the banter, the attitude, the friendliness, along with the knowledge this isn’t permanent.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas finds a way.<\/p>\nAhern Hotel isn’t really even a thing yet, but smizing is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The current over\/under on how long employees will have to wear masks is 60 days.<\/p>\n
Legions of service industry employees seem to be acclimating to the mandated safety protocols just fine, knowing their inconvenience is serving a larger purpose. Among other things, face coverings let guests know health is top-of-mind.<\/p>\n
Masks are also a visual cue casinos are doing everything they can to assure a safe place for travelers to stay and play.<\/p>\nDudes can smize, too, in case you wondered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Let’s all hope this “new temporary” is as fleeting as a poker player’s bad beat.<\/p>\n
We need to see those smiles again, because Las Vegas isn’t quite the same without them.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas has always been known for its “service first” attitude, now casino and restaurant workers face a challenge nobody could’ve predicted: Guests can’t see their smiles. Following the COVID-19 shutdown, casino and restaurant employees have to wear masks. That includes the folks we interact with most at casinos, including cocktail waitresses, servers and bartenders, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vegas has always been known for its "service first" attitude, now workers face a challenge nobody predicted: Guests can't see their smiles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vegas has always been known for its "service first" attitude, now workers face a challenge nobody predicted: Guests can't see their smiles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vital Vegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-08T04:04:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-08T04:13:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Roeben\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@vitalvegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@vitalvegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Roeben\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World","description":"Vegas has always been known for its \"service first\" attitude, now workers face a challenge nobody predicted: Guests can't see their smiles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World","og_description":"Vegas has always been known for its \"service first\" attitude, now workers face a challenge nobody predicted: Guests can't see their smiles.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/","og_site_name":"Vital Vegas","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas","article_published_time":"2020-06-08T04:04:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-08T04:13:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scott Roeben","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@vitalvegas","twitter_site":"@vitalvegas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Roeben","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott Roeben","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/c4d18a46e6ee47e7841b986c288f333e"},"headline":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World","datePublished":"2020-06-08T04:04:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-08T04:13:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/"},"wordCount":519,"commentCount":29,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg","articleSection":["Las Vegas"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/","name":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-08T04:04:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-08T04:13:55+00:00","description":"Vegas has always been known for its \"service first\" attitude, now workers face a challenge nobody predicted: Guests can't see their smiles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"\"Smizing\" just isn't the same."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-is-now-smizing-capital-of-the-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Las Vegas","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vegas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Las Vegas Is Now Smizing Capital of the World"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/","name":"Vital Vegas","description":"Essential Las Vegas News, Tips, Deals and WTF.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization","name":"Vital Vegas","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vital_vegas_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vital_vegas_logo.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"Vital Vegas"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas","https:\/\/x.com\/vitalvegas"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/c4d18a46e6ee47e7841b986c288f333e","name":"Scott Roeben","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-96x96.png","caption":"Scott Roeben"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Las](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize8.jpg\")
![\"Smizing](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize2.jpg\")
![\"Waitress](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize6.jpg\")
![\"Showgirl](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize1.jpg\")
![\"Smize\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize3.jpg\")
![\"Waitress](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize7.jpg\")
![\"Vegas](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize4.jpg\")
![\"Waiter](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smize5.jpg\")