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Tonkawa Hotel and Casino The Tonk awa Hotel and Casino in To nkawa, Oklaho ma opened at noon on Friday. This casino is about 500 miles from Shreveport Bossier on the border with Kansas. This reopening does include a limit of 300 guests and you must wear a face mask and get.
The Golden Mesa Casino will reopen starting on June 22 but will operate on reduced business hours till June 29. Officials said this will allow proper cleaning and sanitization while the store is closed.
The new hours of operation will be reviewed weekly to decide on whether to expand or reduce the hours.
The current hours of operation will be as follows:
- Sunday - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- Monday - 8:00 a.m to midnight
- Tuesday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight
- Wednesday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight
- Thursday - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
- Saturday - 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
- Some casinos are opening up their doors after being shut down due to coronavirus. The Tonkawa Casino and Hotel opened, but do have safety measures in place. All guests must comply with temperature.
- The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced Tuesday a tentative date to re-open casinos. “We are happy to announce that our target date for reopening all Choctaw Casino operations is June 1.
The casino will also be implementing these safety precautions until further notice:
- Guests will be required to wear a facial covering while in the casino
- There will be no food allowed on the gaming floor, all food will have to be finished in the Copper Cantina
- Guests will be subject to a temperature check upon entering the building
- The Gold Spur Bar will have all chairs removed from around the bar
- Drink stations that have public access will be disabled, or a designated employee will get guests their drinks
Each department within the casino will have specific instructions to follow during business hours. Social distancing will be enforced for guests inside the building.
Guests will need to bring their identification card and players club card to get through the checkpoint.
North Texans: If you feel like gambling, there’s good news for you.
The casino many in North Texas head to — the WinStar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma — will reopen Wednesday.
WinStar, like other casinos across the country, has been closed since mid-March because of the rapid spread of coronavirus.
But just know that if you decide to head there soon, some things will be a little different.
You’ll have your temperature taken before you get to go inside. If it’s 100.4 or higher, you’ll be asked to go home and talk to your doctor.
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said businesses everywhere are starting to reopen and he’s not surprised that WinStar is among them.
But he said he won’t plan a trip there with his mother-in-law, who is a fan of casinos, for about a month, just to see how it goes.
“They are going to figure this out,” he said. “We’ve got to begin to open this up again and just be careful.”
A note on the WinStar website lays out some changes:
? The number of people inside will be no more than 25% the building’s capacity. And even though casinos traditionally never close, WinStar will shut its doors between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. every day for a “deep-cleaning of all areas of the gaming floor using electrostatic spraying techniques with EPA-certified chemicals.”
? Some electronic games will be moved. Poker, table games, bingo and off-track betting are suspended until further notice.
? People will be encouraged to social distance. To help with that, every other chair will be removed from electronic games.
? Hand sanitizer stations will be throughout the casino. Customers and employees alike will have to wear face masks or some face covering.
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? And, when the occupancy limit is reached, the casino will let customers wait outside until they can enter.
Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said North Texans should “make a wise decision” for themselves and their families if they decide to head to a casino.
“If you’re going to be out, make sure you social distance and wear a mask.”
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