//How Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip Welcomed Back Customers After Reopening

How Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip Welcomed Back Customers After Reopening

Gov. Steve Sisolak shut down casinos across Nevada for 78 days starting on March 17 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, leaving 485,525 unemployed statewide through the week ending May 30. More than 360 people died in Clark County, with 7,592 diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.

As casinos closed, so did activity on the Strip, the main thoroughfare for gambling in Las Vegas. The Fountains at Bellagio stopped dancing to music. Some of