Atlantic City Casinos Reopenings Advised by AtlantiCare Healthcare on Best Practices
Posted on: May 1, 2020, 12:05h.
Last updated on: May 7, 2020, 07:47h.
Atlantic City casinos are partnering with the AtlantiCare healthcare system to form best practices to allow the gaming resorts to reopen safely once permitted by the state.
The Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ) and AtlantiCare announced the collaboration on Thursday. Once the state begins to reopen after Gov. Phil Murphy (D) loosens restrictions on nonessential businesses, the partnership says it will have a plan in place to present the state with solutions as to how and why the nine casinos should be permitted to resume operations.
CANJ says AtlantiCare will advise the casinos on reopening protocols and best practices, and provide the gaming industry with regional health care data and forecasts. The goal, CANJ president Steve Callender says, is to have Atlantic City casinos ready to open as soon as possible following Murphy’s lifting of stay-at-home orders.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only threatened our health and safety, it has also threatened the stability of Atlantic City’s gaming and tourism industry, the industry’s workforce and families, and our state and local economies,” said Lori Herndon, CEO of AtlantiCare.
She added, “The Atlantic City gaming industry is a cornerstone of the entire South Jersey economy and reopening it safely at the right time, along with the rest of our shore and regional businesses, must be our shared priority.”
Atlantic City casinos have been shuttered since Murphy ordered them to close in mid-March.
AtlantiCare is based in Atlantic County and serves southeastern New Jersey. An integrated healthcare network, the company owns and operates the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, AtlantiCare Physician Group, and AtlantiCare Health Solutions.
Coronavirus Not Easing
New Jersey has 118,652 positive coronavirus test results, and 7,228 deaths.
Murphy this week released his six-point “Road Back” plan detailing how the state will begin to reopen its economy. The blueprint begins with first seeing a sustained reductions in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Unfortunately, the state on Thursday reported 460 new deaths – New Jersey’s highest single-day increase. In Atlantic County, 58 new positive coronavirus test results were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of COVID-19 cases to 964, with 41 deaths.
New AC
Whenever Atlantic City does reopen, it will do so with numerous changes that will greatly overhaul the casino experience. Gaming executives across the country are working on safety measures.
A few leading suggestions include all gamblers and employees being required to wear face masks, plexiglass separating players at table games, required vacant seats between each slot machine, and body temperature checks prior to access.
Because of being closed for half of the month, March gross gaming revenue at the nine brick-and-mortar casinos totaled just $85.46 million – a 61.7 percent drop compared to March 2019. April land-based casino win will total $0.
Fortunately for Atlantic City casinos, the state allows the operators to offer online gambling. Along with New Jersey, only Pennsylvania and Delaware have internet casinos, while Nevada allows poker to be played online.
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Last Comments ( 13 )
This is all political! We had H1N1 Ebola, Bird Flu, the Regular Flu. Approximately 50,000 people die every year from the regular flu. Suddenly we have to shut down everything are you kidding me! Funny you never hear about all the people that recover and some with hardly any symptoms. Democrats will tell you man jumps from airplane without parachute dies from coronavirus.almost every American that died from the coronavirus had at least one or more pre existing conditions. This is nothing more than the Democrats trying to destroy the economy. Russia collusion, Impeachment, improper phone calls. They are desperate to destroy President Trump. Open the casinos and the economy NOW get rid of these democrat Governors. Vote Republican November!
It's amazing because when I tell that to people they look at me like I am crazy. They are willing to destroy the economy just so Trump won't get re-elected.
When It’s safe to open, they should put up plexiglass between the slots and the table games and give out whole face mask, gloves, and hand sanitizers.
Damn I can't believe this people are so ignorant the are rushing to reopen casinos when people are still dying because od the virus.......they SUCK
damn I can't believe this people are so ignorant they are rushing to open casinos when people are still dying because of the virus...they SUCK
It is absurd to even think about opening the casinos. Yes I absolutely realize they are loosing more money than we can even imagine. Which of course is awful. But just think how very many lives we will loose by it opening. Now here is the big question ... Which is more important MONEY or YOUR LIFE ??? Of course our lives !!!
I am a casino employee and my opinion is that casinos do not open this year. that is not essential and very dangerous. No matter how many measures they try to put in place to prevent distancing, a place where people get drunk, fight and lose control is never going to be safe. school are closed for the rest of the year,why open a casino. No sense. Just saying.
Can you please advise on how they plan to protect guests from those who smoke? It's not fun to walk through a cloud of smoke when entering any building or when in a casino but now it won't be just an annoyance but also a serious medical concern if the smoker has Covid 19.
What a joke. How the never ending election destroyed America. That's what I think.
POOR CASINOS THEY MISS ALL THAT MONEY, THE WHORES, THE CHEATING AND ALL THE ATTENTION FROM THE MEDIA ON THIS FEEL SORRY FOR ME BULL SHIT. THEY ARE THE BIGGEST THIEVES IN THE WORLD. THE MOBSTERS ARE CRYING AND SO IS THE FBI FOR NO LONGER GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION. WHEN SOME POOR SOUL LOSES HIS HOUSE HIS CAR HIS JOB AND HIS WHORE WIFE. THEN THE OWNERS WILL LIVE IT UP CELEBRATING IN THEIR YATS.
Those numbers are bullshit. They hyped up those numbers big time. I know many healthcare professionals and they are not busy and they are being forced to lie by gag orders.
To early to open not safe.
If all that is needed for someone to gamble then maybe people have a gambling problem and should stay home! It's to soon and not taken serious enough...PPL ARE DYING AND THATS WHAT'S SERIOUS!