Pools are busy: The pools are busy, even though the big day club parties have been vastly toned down or, in most cases, absent completely. Major resorts that remain closed with their returns unknown include Mirage, Bally’s, Paris, The Cromwell, Planet Hollywood, Palms, Rio and downtown’s Main Street Station.
Opening dates have also been announced for Westgate Las Vegas on Thursday Aria, Mandalay Bay and Luxor on June 25 and OYO on Aug. Though they didn’t open on Day 1, The LINQ and Excalibur are now operating. New places are opening steadily, however. About 75% of the casinos are now open, with the majority of those that aren’t among some of the biggest on the Strip. In the bars, it was like a mini-New Year’s Eve, with players positioned at video poker machines and counting down to midnight. Customers lined up outside waiting for the doors to open. on June 4, thus ending the Las Vegas shutdown at 79 days. The casinos opened as scheduled at 12:01 a.m.
