People were seen wandering through the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday and guests gathered shoulder-to-shoulder in Sin City casinos, as capacity constraints are expected to be reduced to 50 percent on Monday.
Nevada’s ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ plan remains on schedule and Governor Steve Sisolak on Friday signed an emergency guideline easing the state’s coronavirus restrictions, according to a press release.
The capacity for game floors and other businesses will increase from 35 to 50 percent on Monday, as the state saw only 222 new cases with just one new death on Sunday, according to state health. data.
The governor’s announcement on Friday appears to open the pent-up locks and encourage people to hit the locks and tables after more than a year of restrictions, although the official capacity rules only come into effect on Monday.
In total, the state counted 299,287 cases with 5,118 deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 989,342 doses of the vaccine were given.
A photo posted on Twitter shows a view of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday as people are seen visiting casinos
People are seen walking in front of the Fremont Casino, left, and next to the Fremont Street Experience LED display Thursday night in downtown Las Vegas, just before the governor’s announcement; after that even more people were seen rushing around the streets, local media and social media reports showed
One TikToker posted a video of herself without a mask in front of a casino in Las Vegas this weekend while others passed by
Another TikToker has a view of a Las Vegas casino while customers wear masks to comply with coronavirus restrictions
Another TikToker posted a look at shoulder-to-shoulder crowds in Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas this weekend. People gathered in the photo in front of the Golden Nugget
Casinos operated a limited capacity of 25% from November to February 15, when they were allowed to open with 35% capacity, Travel + Leisure reports.
The capacity increase planned for Monday includes gyms and other fitness facilities, arcades, racetracks, bowling alleys, mini golf, swimming pools and amusement and theme parks.
“The positive rate of 14 days for moving average testing has gradually decreased, but is still above the 5% threshold recommended by the WHO for reopening,” Sisolak noted in the executive order.
Thousands of guests have been seen shoulder-to-shoulder in casinos and shops, mostly obeying the signs of ‘please wear a mask’, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
One woman with a mask around her neck said two suitable employees at The Cosmopolitan put her mask on her face and she obeyed, the store reported.
Lines were formed outside several step-up beams as the air smelled of cigarettes and weeds penetrated the air.
Some people are pictured in Las Vegas casinos not wearing masks because casinos worked to enforce mask mandates
Crowds were seen wearing masks running packed Las Vegas streets on the strip in videos posted on TikTok on Sunday
People were seen paving the Las Vegas Strip in videos posted to TikTok over the weekend before Nevada eased capacity constraints on Monday.
People were seen walking near the Flamingo casino on the Las Vegas Strip in a video posted to TikTok on Sunday
A small crowd can be seen watching outside the Bellagio fountains in videos posted on Instagram on Sunday
On videos posted on Instagram, the crowd gathered to watch the Bellagio fountains as cars drove behind Las Vegas Boulevard this weekend
Yolando Hagwood, 54, told the store he is visiting Las Vegas for the first time since August 2019 and is wearing two masks.
“I think most businesses try to stick to that and that people can still have a good time,” Hagwood said.
“You can not pack people. You’re going to see people without masks. You will see that people do not have social distance. But you’re just trying to do your part. ‘
Beginning March 3, casinos owned by MGM Resorts will resume 24-hour resumes, Travel + Leisure reported.
The casinos include the resorts of Mandalay Bay, Park MGM and The Mirage – which were closed for several days in the middle of each week during the pandemic due to the decline in business, the magazine reported.
There were a total of 29,438,007 cases of coronavirus in the United States with 534,880 deaths.
A map shows the total number of cases and deaths of coronavirus in the United States Sunday night as the countries increase
A graph shows a recent decline in coronavirus cases since January, as the country recorded a total of 29,438,007 infections
The number of total coronavirus infections has been steadily declining since peaking in early February
A graph shows the total number of deaths due to the coronavirus in the United States per day in February and March
A graph shows the total number of deaths due to the coronavirus in the United States per day since the onset of the pandemic