{"id":155361,"date":"2020-11-15T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T18:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=155361"},"modified":"2020-11-15T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T18:30:22","slug":"safety-crucial-in-getting-tourists-back-to-las-vegas-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/safety-crucial-in-getting-tourists-back-to-las-vegas-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Safety\u2019 Seen As Crucial in Getting Tourists Back to Las Vegas: Casino Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The key to boosting tourism in Las Vegas depends on how safe travelers feel, according to casino industry experts.<\/p>\n

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Customers participate in a craps game at a Las Vegas casino, seen here. Resorts are enforcing health measures, such as mask-wearing, to address the coronavirus pandemic. (Image: New York Times<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEverything concerning getting people to come back to Las Vegas, for business or leisure travel, relates to safety,\u201d Alan Feldman told Casino.org<\/em>. Feldman, who spent 30 years with MGM Resorts, is a distinguished fellow in responsible gaming at UNLV\u2019s International Gaming Institute.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic and a surge of violence on the Las Vegas Strip have contributed to a decline in tourism in recent months, according to industry experts.<\/p>\n

Arrivals and departures at McCarran International Airport are down more than 60 percent in September 2020 compared to the same month a year ago. That means 2.6 million fewer people used the airport this September.<\/p>\n

Also, several people have been hospitalized in shootings and fights at different sites<\/a> on the Las Vegas Strip. This has raised concern about the impact on tourism.<\/p>\n

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People wanting to gamble have options outside of Nevada. Casino gaming is legal in 44 states at 944 casinos, according to the American Gaming Association website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Feldman said tourists will stay put unless they have a comfort level about their safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil people feel safe in traveling, they will make a decision to stay home, or closer to home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hope on the Horizon<\/h2>\n

News that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer has a vaccine that could be 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 buoyed hopes in the tourism industry. However, health experts said widespread usage could be many months away.<\/p>\n

Feldman said COVID-19 containment is one factor in the \u201ccomplex, multi-layered issue\u201d of attracting people back to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt involves not only the public health issues of vaccines or other preventative measures, but also safety measures implemented by properties themselves,\u201d he told Casino.org.<\/em><\/p>\n

Resorts in Nevada have taken steps to address health safety, such as mandatory mask-wearing.<\/p>\n

Some Las Vegas hotel-casinos also have enhanced their in-house security<\/a> in response to violent incidents on the Strip. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department also has beefed up its presence in tourist areas.<\/p>\n

Safety also is important in attracting conventions back to Las Vegas, Feldman said.<\/p>\n

Conventions are seen as important to weekday hotel room reservations. Some resorts are not accepting midweek reservations now because of low demand.<\/p>\n

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Once the public understands the measures that are in place to assure their safety and, critically, have confidence in those measures, then we will start to see a return to convention business,\u201d Feldman said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Casino historian David G. Schwartz told Casino.org<\/i> that the allure of Las Vegas will be appealing again once the public feels safe regarding the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are going to want to travel to Las Vegas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

New Casino Strategies<\/h2>\n

Las Vegas resorts also are embracing new concepts they hope will attract tourists.<\/p>\n

Circa Resort in downtown Las Vegas and the Cromwell on the Strip are adults-only hotel-casinos. Also on the Strip, Park MGM is the resort corridor\u2019s first smoke-free casino.<\/p>\n

Feldman said these strategies are promising.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many customers, leisure as well as casino, who find kids distracting,” he told Casino.org<\/em>. “For more than a decade, there has been a consistent increase in demand for smoke-free rooms and smoke-free areas in the casino. So, I think both of these initiatives are likely to succeed, as there is established customer demand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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