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Southern Arizona casinos won't gamble with health of guests as they reopen

Video Credit: KGUN, Tucson, AZ - Duration: 02:03s - Published
Southern Arizona casinos won't gamble with health of guests as they reopen

Southern Arizona casinos won't gamble with health of guests as they reopen

Casino Del Sol and Desert Diamond Casinos open with new guidelines in place to protect the health of guests and workers

REOPEN WITH STRICT NEWGUIDELINES.

FOR CASINOS IN THETUCSON AREA -- THAT MEANSREASSURING GUESTS -- THAT THEYWON'T GAMBLE WITH THEIRHEALTH."WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE OUREFFORTS TO OUR GUESTS, TO SHOWTHEM WHAT WE'RE DOING, ANDTHAT WE'RE TAKING THIS PRETTYSERIOUS." DESERT DIAMONDGENERAL MANAGER DANIELECHILTON SAYS HER STAFF ISMAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TOOPEN ITS TUCSON AND SAHUARITACASINOS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.CASINO DEL SOL OPENED BACK UPTHIS MORNING.

BOTH CASINO DELSOL AND DESERT DIAMOND CASINOSWILL UTILIZE THERMALTEMPERATURE SCANNERS AS GUESTSAND WORKERS ENTER THE CASINOS.GUESTS AND WORKERS ARE ALLREQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS.

CASINODEL SOL MOVED 200 SLOTMACHINES INTO ITS CONFERENCECENTER -- CREATING MORE SPACEFOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

ANDINSTALLED PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERSBETWEEN THOSE MACHINES THATCANNOT BE MOVED.

"WE'VE TAKENGREAT STEPS TO MAKE SURE THATWE'VE CONSIDERED EVERY SAFETYPROTOCOL THAT WE CAN THINK OF.WE KNOW THAT WE MAY HAVEMISSED SOMETHINGS.

WE AREGOING TO LOOK TO OUR GUESTSAND OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO LET USKNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TOIMPROVE." DESERT DIAMOND ISN'TMOVING ANY MACHINES.

"WE'LLHAVE PLEXIGLASS INSTALLED FOREVERY MACHINE.

THAT WILL GIVEUS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AHUNDRED PERCENT GAMES ONLINEFOR OUR GUESTS TO PLAY."DESERT DIAMOND AND CASINO DELSOL HAVE ALSO INSTALLEDPLEXIGLASS TO SEPERATE PLAYERSFROM DEALERS AT THE BLACKJACKAND POKER TABLES.

BOTH HAVEALSO OPTED KEEP THEIR BUFFETSCLOSED DURING THE FIRST PHASEOF REOPENING.

CASINO DEL SOLSAYS THEY WILL ALSO BEWATCHING OUT FOR ANY PART OFTHE CASINO BECOMINGOVERCROWDED.

"WE ARE ALSOGOING TO HAVE A HEAVYMANAGEMENT PRESENCE ON THEFLOOR THROUGHOUT EACH DAY, TOHELP US DETERMINE IF AN AREAIS TOO CROWDED.

WE'LL TRY TODISPERSE SOME OF THE CROWD TODIFFERENT AREAS OF THEPROPERTY."CASINO DEL SOL IS NOW OPEN.DESERT DIAMOND'S TUCSON ANDSAHUARITA CASINOS BOTH OPENFRIDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE.

ALLHAVE IMPLEMENTED RIGOROUSCLEANING PROTOCOLS.BACK TO A STORY WE STARTED TO




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