Through the first two months of the year, the Detroit casinos were 6.7 percent ahead of where they were in 2019. That will no longer be the case once revenue numbers for March are released late next week.<\/p>\n
Gaming executives of the three commercial casinos said it’s never easy to lay off workers.<\/p>\n
“This decision was extremely difficult to make for all of us,” said Penn National Gaming CEO Jay Snowden, which owns Greektown. “Penn National is a family, and we deeply regret the hardship this will place on you and your loved ones. We are extremely motivated and focused on reopening our properties as soon as it is safe and legal to do so.”<\/p>\n
\nWe are hopeful this temporary closure will have a positive impact on stemming the tide of COVID-19,” MotorCity said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The three casinos are scheduled to remain closed through at least April 13. In the interim, workers can file for unemployment compensation, which the federal government is increasing by $600 a week through the CARES Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The three Detroit casinos \u2013 MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity, and Greektown \u2013 said pay will stop this week for their workers because of the state mandated shutdown, but benefits will continue through June 30. The casinos abided by an order from the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) that they suspend gaming operations effective March 16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":131550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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