{"id":25591,"date":"2020-11-12T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=25591"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:46:51","slug":"rio-las-vegas-to-reopen-dec-22-mostly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/rio-las-vegas-to-reopen-dec-22-mostly\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Las Vegas to Reopen Dec. 22, Mostly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are just a handful of Las Vegas casinos that haven’t reopened since the shutdown on March 18, 2020 due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
A glaring omission from the Caesars Entertainment roster of Vegas casinos has been Rio, but now the off-Strip casino has announced it will be back online as of Dec. 22, 2020.<\/p>\n
That’s right. It took a pandemic to make people miss the Rio, and now she’s coming back. Well, most of her, anyway. But let’s not get bogged down in details.<\/p>\nLet’s Rio again, already.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
As with a number of Las Vegas casinos, Rio’s reopening will have some caveats.<\/p>\n
The hotel part of Rio will only operate stays Thursday through Monday.<\/p>\n
On the bright side, the casino will be open seven days a week. It’s worth noting Caesars was careful not to say its table games would operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Places like \nCircus Circus have dramatically cut back their table games hours due to soft demand.<\/p>\nOne of the best things about the Rio is the view from the Rio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A very bright side to the Rio reopening is one of our favorite Vegas shows, Penn & Teller, will relaunch as well.<\/p>\nWelcome back, miscreants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Chippendales, not so much. We trust it’s because the show is a little too interactive.<\/p>\n
Poor Chippendales guys. With their show closed, how are they going to meet women now? The struggle is real.<\/p>\nHere, a Chippendales dancer socially distances himself from his clothing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“Wow” and the Comedy Cellar will not reopen when Rio does.<\/p>\n
Restaurant options will be limited to: All-American Bar & Grille, Hash House A Go Go, VooDoo Steak and the Sports Deli.<\/p>\n
Off the table for now are the Carnival World Buffet, Guy Fieri’s El Burro Borracho, Pho Da Nang Vietnamese Kitchen, KJ Dim Sum & Seafood and Royal India Bistro.<\/p>\nOne of the most underrated restaurants in Vegas is going to be a minute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Many of the Rio’s bars will reopen, including Shutters, iBar, Purple Zebra, Masquerade and the Race & Sports Book Bar.<\/p>\n
Self-parking will remain free, valet will remain closed.<\/p>\nSorry, tongue fans. No mention of Kiss minigolf reopening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
It’s worth noting that while Caesars Entertainment continues to operate Rio, the company no longer owns it. Rio is owned by Dreamscape Companies, from the folks at Imperial Companies, a real estate investment company.<\/p>\n
For that matter, Caesars Entertainment isn’t even really owned by Caesars Entertainment anymore. The company recently merged with Eldorado Resorts.<\/p>\n
Mental gymnastics aside, and despite the limited dining options at Rio, it will be great to have her back.<\/p>\n
Given the closure of Palms (it still hasn’t reopened, and no date has been set to do so), it’s been a little dreary on that part of Flamingo Road.<\/p>\n
The return of Rio and Penn & Teller means Las Vegas is slowly getting its VooDoo back.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are just a handful of Las Vegas casinos that haven’t reopened since the shutdown on March 18, 2020 due to the pandemic. A glaring omission from the Caesars Entertainment roster of Vegas casinos has been Rio, but now the off-Strip casino has announced it will be back online as of Dec. 22, 2020. That’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,2,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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