“Welcome back to escape,” Caesars said on its website. Some casinos opened with sneeze guards around their card tables. While much of the casino staff appeared to be wearing such coverings, few guests seem to be doing so, even though some properties offered free masks and gloves to patrons. The prices also suggests current visitors may be locals rather than guests flying in or driving from nearby states.įace masks aren’t required in Nevada. I don't recall seeing rates this low since right after the financial crisis, when everybody went down market June is typically a slow month in Las Vegas, but the average daily room rate a year ago on the Strip was $129.

New York-New York, a budget offering from MGM Resorts International, was advertising rooms for $30, while at Bellagio, its higher-end property, the rate was $139. The website was offering rooms at the Flamingo, one of just three casinos that Caesars opened, for $45 a night on Thursday. Hotel deals could be found, even though the large casino companies weren’t opening all of their properties and the Nevada Gaming Control Board said resorts should operate at no more than 50 per cent of capacity on their gambling floors.

Article content Tilak Fernando places a bet at a roulette table during the reopening of Bellagio hotel-casino, closed since Maas part of steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., June 4, 2020.