We stay at The Inn (the hotel on their property) which offers free shuttle service to and from the casino. These are extremely challenging times both on a personal and a professional level, but the steps we have taken to this point, and plan to take going forward, are all aimed at positioning our Company and the majority of our team members to be able to weather this storm and come out stronger on the other side.My husband and I have gone to this casino several times now for a weekend getaway. To date more than $700,000 has already been approved and processed for distribution to our team members in need.

In addition, our COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, in which we’ve raised $1.7 million through private donations from our senior executives, Board of Directors, and our Foundation, is also available to help our Team Members with any emergency funding needs. In the meantime, we also let our furloughed team members know that we’ll be extending their Medical and Pharmacy benefits coverage once again through August 31. Many of our competitors have already announced similar moves, which again is the very unfortunate reality of not knowing how long this global public health threat will last or when we’ll be able to resume full operations. To be clear, however, that does not necessarily mean that all those team members will be laid off, and we’ve recalled a significant number of team members since then. We had a legal obligation to send a formal WARN notice to all the team members who could potentially be laid off. As a result, we informed our team members that their furloughs may be converted to a permanent layoff in the coming weeks or months. However, while we have been able to reopen all but a couple of our properties on a limited basis, the continued social distancing requirements and uncertain business volumes means our properties will not be able to resume normal operations for the foreseeable future.Īfter thoroughly reevaluating our business in light of the ongoing pandemic, we communicated honestly and openly with our team members that it could be some time before our properties will require the same level of staffing due to limitations and restrictions placed on occupancy and offerings to create a safer environment. At the time, we were hopeful that we’d be able to call the employees back within a couple of months. “Based on the sudden and unforeseeable events in March, we were forced to furlough 26,000 of our team members companywide in April.

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