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The uncontrollable spread of COVID-19 has made it very difficult for the US casino industry to function in most states. Across the country, casinos are limiting the number of customers on their floors or are closing their doors to casual and experts bettors in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Tropicana Evansville has 79,000 square feet of enclosed space, including 45,000 square feet of casino floor, four dining venues, a race and sportsbook, and back of house space. The complex also includes 11,000 square feet of convention space adjacent to the casino and a Riverfront Event Center located across the street, which includes 10,000. The grand reopening for the Tropicana hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will happen at 10 a.m. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. 'Eldorado plans to reopen Isle Casino Racing Pompano in Florida on Saturday, June 13, Tropicana Evansville in Indiana on Monday, June 15, Isle Casino Hotel Blackhawk and Lady Luck Casino Blackhawk. Based on the mandate by Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak, and in order to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, Tropicana Las Vegas will be requiring all persons in public areas to wear a mask covering the face and nose. Patrons may remove masks temporarily while eating or drinking or when asked by casino staff for identification. Based on the mandate by Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak, and in order to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, Tropicana Las Vegas will be requiring all persons in public areas to wear a mask covering the face and nose. Patrons may remove masks temporarily while eating or drinking or when asked by casino staff for identification.

Casinos were particularly hard hit in the spring, when most were forced to shutter. On March 19, the American Gaming Associationissued a release on the crisis. AGA President and CEO Bill Miller said:

With a spike of coronavirus cases in the fall of 2020, casinos are once again being forced to shut down in many states. Most casinos remain open in some respect, but that will likely change.

Though many gamblers will turn to horse betting, online casinos and online poker, our staff at PlayUSA wants to keep you up to date with a list of casino properties that have suspended operations in the wake of this global pandemic.

Alabama casinos

Wind Creek casinos in the state are open with some restrictions.

Arizona casinos

Most Arizona casinos are open subject to general COVID restrictions in the state. Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort is currently closed, and Casino del Sol closed for the rest of 2020 starting on Dec. 7.

Arkansas casinos

Arkansas casinos are open, with some restrictions.

Latest report on Arkansas casinos here.

California casinos

California is currently under a stay-at-home order and capacity restrictions in most regions. However, most California tribal casinos are currently open with a variety of restrictions that don’t always line up with state guidelines. More on that here.

Colorado casinos

Casinos in Colorado mostly remain open, but some such as Ute Mountain Casino Hotel have opted to close temporarily. Table games are shut down in some other casinos. More on that at PlayColorado.

Connecticut casinos

The state’s two casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort, are both open with restrictions. As of the week of Dec. 1, Foxwoods announced even further restrictions and temporary closing of some hotel areas.

Latest report on casinos in Connecticut here.

Delaware casinos

The three Delaware casinos are currently open with some restrictions

• Delaware Park
• Dover Downs
• Harrington Casino and Raceway

Florida casinos

All of Florida’s casinos are currently open with varying restrictions.

Idaho casinos

Most Idaho casinos remain open.

Illinois casinos

All casinos in Illinois remain closed as of Nov. 20 under an order from Gov. JB Pritzker. Visit PlayIllinois for more updates.

Indiana casinos

Indiana casinos mostly remain open, with some restrictions. Visit PlayIndiana for more updates.

Iowa casinos

All Iowa casinos are currently open, but with restrictions.

More on casinos in Iowa here.

Kansas casinos

Kansas casinos remain open for now.

Kentucky racing

There are no casinos in Kentucky.

Louisiana casinos

Most Louisiana casinos remain open, but at limited capacity.

More information here on casinos in Louisiana.

Maine casinos

Maine casinos are open but must close earlier than usual. The curfew will last at least until Jan. 3. More on casinos in Maine here.

Maryland casinos

Maryland casinos are open, with restrictions. However, infections in Maryland via casinos have drawn some scrutiny.

Massachusetts casinos

Massachusetts’ three casinos — Plainridge Park, MGM Springfield, and Encore Boston Harbor — are all open, with restrictions. More from PlayMA here.

Michigan casinos

Michigan’s three commercial casinos have reopened after being closed for the second time around.

• MGM Grand
• Greektown Casino
• MotorCity Casino

Some tribal casinos have also closed their doors for now.

Minnesota casinos

Native American tribes with casinos remain open for now, with restrictions. More here.

Mississippi casinos

All 26 of the state’s casinos remain open.

Missouri casinos

Missouri casinos are all open, with varying restrictions.

Montana casinos

Some of Montana’s tribal casinos are closed. There are restrictions that limit capacity in casinos in the state.

Nevada casinos

Casinos in the state and in Las Vegas remain largely open, but at reduced capacity. These include Palazzo, for example, where rooms are closed seven days a week but the casino floor remains open. The Mirage will begin full-scale mid-week closures to its hotel, casino and all amenities beginning Jan. 4. More from PlayNevadahere and more on Las Vegas specifically can be found here.

New Hampshire casinos

There is no word yet on when casinos in New Hampshire will reopen.

New Jersey casinos

Atlantic City casinos continue to stay open, with restrictions. Of course, online casinos in New Jersey, are still running.

New Mexico casinos

Worsening conditions in New Mexico have led to almost all casinos being closed. More here.

New York casinos

All New York casinos, both commercial and tribal, remain open for now.

North Carolina casinos

The only two casinos in North Carolina, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino are currently open.

North Dakota casinos

Tribal casinos are generally open in North Dakota, although it is on a case by case basis.

Ohio casinos

Ohio casinos remain open, but are subject to a curfew.

Oklahoma casinos

Almost all Oklahoma casinos are currently open.

Oregon casinos

Most tribal casinos in Oregon remain open, with restrictions. Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City is one that has closed temporarily.

Pennsylvania casinos

PA casinos are temporarily closed for a three-week pause that began Dec. 12. Casinos will be allowed to re-open as of Jan. 4. Rivers Casino Philadelphia will reopen on Jan. 15. Updates From PlayPennsylvania here.

Rhode Island casinos

The two Rhode Island casinos, Twin River Casino in Lincoln and Tiverton, re-opened on Dec. 21.

South Dakota casinos

Many South Dakota casinos have closed because of worsening COVID cases in the state, but a few remain open.

Texas casinos

Texas casinos are currently open.

Washington casinos

The state’s tribal casinos all remain open with restrictions.

West Virginia casinos

All five of West Virginia’s casinos remain open, with restrictions.

Wisconsin casinos

Tribal casinos are open or closed on a case by case basis. More here.

Wyoming casinos

Wyoming casinos are currently closed.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — With about 13,000 employees sidelined statewide – including 529 in the Evansville area – Indiana casinos are eager to get back to business.

Gaming properties closed March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tropicana Evansville and others across the state want to reopen by mid-June. There’s a lot to do before then.

“The industry as a whole is taking its responsibilities very seriously to provide a safe environment for team members and guests,” said Matt Bell, executive director of the Casino Association of Indiana.

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The association, Bell said, has shared with the Indiana Gaming Commission a set of “minimum standards” for worker and guest safety, and “every property should submit individual plans to meet or exceed those.”

Tropicana Evansville officials declined to comment, citing company policy. The local casino is owned by Eldorado Resorts.

“Obviously it’s going to look a little different from property to property because they all have unique nuances,” Bell said. “But there will be things like hand sanitizer stations throughout the floor. It’s going to be important our team members and guests have an opportunity to wear masks.

“We’ll set up our floors to accommodate social distancing, and that could look different casino to casino. Whether it’s occupying every other slot machine, or moving them to provide social distancing. We could do things like limit folks at a particular table game. We’ll have aggressive cleaning procedures, wiping down machines, tables and rails, trying to minimize touchpoints.”

Casinos also must evaluate things such as valet parking, which Bell said likely will not be offered at first, and buffet dining. Tropicana has multiple restaurants, plus a sportsbook that opened in September.

Bell noted that Gov. Eric Holcomb, in presenting his multi-phase process to reopen Indiana amid the pandemic, did not discuss reopening scenarios for casinos.

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Bell surmised that might have been because of complexities casinos present.

“It’s a high-touch, social environment,” Bell said. “The challenge is, how do you find the right protective measures that give customers confidence to come back, without making it feel like a danger zone?”

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Bell, though, believes mid-June is a realistic expectation for reopening. He said Indiana’s casino industry will search for best practices in safety.

“We’ll start to see some other markets come back in operation over the next couple weeks, so there are going to be opportunities to watch and learn,” Bell said.

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Evansville city government has already cut $2.8 million from its 2020 budget due to Tropicana’s closure. That cut was based on an anticipated closure of two months. A mid-June reopening would extend the closure another month, potentially forcing another budget cut.

Road paving and blight removal were among the city programs negatively impacted by the first cut.

Ellis Park examining protocols

Ellis Park, meanwhile, is working with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Gov. Andy Beshear's office on reopening timeframes and new safety protocols.

General Manager Jeff Inman said he did not want to speculate on a reopening date for the property's historic horse racing machines and restaurant.

'Safety and cleanliness are paramount,' Inman said. 'There will be 6 feet between every game. We won’t reopen with a buffet. We will reopen with disposable utensils; we will wipe down often-used surfaces and will offer customers sanitizing wipes.'

The live horse racing season at Ellis Park is still scheduled to begin June 28. But there will be no live racing on Sept. 5, when the Kentucky Derby is rescheduled.

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'We didn’t feel we could get in the way of the Super Bowl and World Series of horse racing,' Inman said. 'Those have been very collegial talks. We want a Kentucky Derby to happen.'

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Tropicana Evansville, Ellis Park working on reopen schedules, safety protocols