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Stars who have donated include David Copperfield, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Kathleen Madigan, David Spade, Boyz II Men, Brad Garrett, Carrot Top, Terry Fator, Ray Romano, Jabbawockeez, Shin Lim, Thunder from Down Under, Hans Klok, Australian Bee Gees, Fantasy, and Bill Blumenreich Presents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hornbuckle personally contributed $100,000. To date, the MGM Resorts Employee Emergency Grant Fund has raised approximately $11 million.<\/p>\n
“The MGM group is the hardest-working team in the world,” Copperfield told the Las Vegas Review-Journal <\/i>of his donation. “I am so proud to be part of their family. Such an honor to support these incredible employees during this challenging time.”<\/p>\n
MGM Resorts President of Entertainment & Sports George Kliavkoff <\/span>added, “I can tell you in talking to my fellow senior executives and all the executives on my team, that everybody that is in a position to do so has contributed to the fund. We’re all about trying to get back from this as quickly and safely as possible, but very focused on taking care of our colleagues, friends and family in the interim.”<\/p>\nCoronavirus Update<\/b><\/h2>\n
Non-essential business in Las Vegas, and Nevada as a whole, remain closed through at least the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Nevada has 2,456 positive cases of the coronavirus, with the disease responsible for 80 deaths. The state unemployment system is overloaded by unexpected demand, only adding hardship to the deadly health crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\nSisolak says this week’s religious holidays are no excuse to forego social distancing guidelines. “This isn’t the time to have an Easter dinner of 23 people in your immediate family that you haven’t seen since Christmas,” the governor declared. “If we get to that later in the week, you’re going to see what strict enforcement looks like.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MGM Resorts has furloughed approximately 60,000 workers in the United States. But numerous celebrities with business ties to the casino operator are stepping up to help them overcome the difficult times spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. MGM’s Employee Emergency Grant Fund provides employees and their immediate families with short-term relief during unexpected hardships. The money […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":132567,"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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