The couple, who were flying back to Mexico City on Wednesday, managed to book a room at the Venetian. “I was scared and didn’t know what we were going to do,” she said. “But they wouldn’t help us find another hotel.” “We told him that we had nowhere to go and didn’t know where we were going to sleep,” Martinez said.

Tuesday a hotel employee knocked on their hotel room door to tell them that they had a few hours to pack their belongings and check out. The pair, who are from Mexico City, had been staying at Mirage, an MGM property, since last Thursday. Such was the case for Michelle Carrera, 26, and boyfriend Luis Martinez, 26. Some tourists who had reservations at hotels on the Strip for this week awakened Tuesday not knowing where they were going to spend the night. Wynn Resorts said that it intends to pay all full-time Wynn and Encore employees during the closure.Ĭaesars Entertainment said that all reservations between March 18 and April 16 will be automatically canceled and refunded. On Sunday, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts announced that they would be suspending operations starting Tuesday at least through March. Many in Las Vegas suspected this was coming as COVID-19 cases increased across the nation. It’ll be like 2008 when people lost their houses.” “If all the casinos are shutting down, the employees will be really affected. “I was expecting a few casinos to be open and was hoping to make some money from that,” he said, and speculated whether he would need to find a job delivering packages for Amazon. Uber driver Samuel Parlan, 59, was surprised by news of the pending shutdown.

There has been one confirmed death in the state. Tuesday’s announcement - affecting a $6.6-billion gambling business in Las Vegas alone - comes as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in Clark County jumped to 42, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

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