The city's casinos were cleared in May to remove mask mandates for vaccinated visitors. The city's unemployment rate in April 2020 was 31.7 per cent, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment in Las Vegas stood at nine per cent in April, compared with the national level of 5.7 per cent. Tourism has been picking up gradually, but the recovery is still a work in progress, and conventions, a key business source, have yet to fully resume.
READ: Singapore’s Zouk to open in Las Vegas as part of a US$4.3 billion integrated resortĪfter shutting down during the most severe stretch of the pandemic, Las Vegas casinos reopened in June 2020 with face-mask requirements and other strict protocols. 'Resorts World Las Vegas would offer a completely modern approach using technology and AI - both front-of-house and back-of-house - to enable the casino moving forward post-pandemic,' he said. 'Being the first property to be built on the Las Vegas strip in more than a decade, we have the advantage to utilise technology that wasn't available 10 years ago,' said Mr Lim, adding that its competitors would not be able to do so because of their existing infrastructure. Speaking on CNA on Friday morning, Genting Group chairman and CEO Lim Kok Thay said that technology would set the casino apart from its competition. Resorts World Las Vegas is billed as the first entirely cashless casino, with guests eventually being able to pay with cryptocurrency.
