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"To be at the level we were two months ago I think is going to take either into mid or end of 2022."
- Jan Jones Blackhurst, Caesars Board Member and Chief Executive, International Gaming Institute says that people who say Las Vegas is going away is like saying Disneyland is going away. It’s just going to take time to get back to where we were. Incidentally Shanghai Disney reopened this past week to limited visitors. - Friday, May 15, 2020.
"Pain produces greatness."
- Par Tolles, Tolles Development Company who has been helping some of his restaurant tenants by not having them pay rent during this time. He says his investors are hanging in there for now and having been through several financial crisis, through his career, he remains optimistic. - Friday, May 15, 2020.
"I think it’s going to be very difficult for about the next 18 months to two years, for the state."
- Terry Reynolds, Director, Nevada Department of Business and Industry says with the state’s gaming industry crippled, for now, it’s going to be a long road back. - Thursday, May 14, 2020.
"Nearly two thirds of our work force are out of work right now."
- Daniel Corona, Mayor of West Wendover, where 5 million tourists a year visit, mainly from the Salt Lake City area. The Mayor says that with the casinos shut down West Wendover has been hit proportionately probably worse than anywhere else in Nevada. - Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
"They (normally) work with lots of people, in close proximity."
- Steve Friess, Newsweek Contributor describes how hotel-casinos architecture lays out exact positioning for slot machines, blackjack tables and crap tables to maximize profit and how will that work in a social distancing world? - Friday, May 8, 2020.
"We worked through Wells Fargo and I think if there is any one thing that I could really preach now -- more than ever -- is that we really have to stay local."
- Hillary Schieve, Mayor of Reno who did not qualify for the first round of PPP funding for her two local businesses. She blames the failure on working with a national bank rather than going with a local bank that she had a personal relationship with, who was based in Reno. - Thursday, May 7, 2020.
"I know that calls to our local call centers that help with domestic-violence victims have skyrocketed."
- Chris Hicks, Washoe County District Attorney is very concerned about people being locked in their homes together and the pressure that can be exhibited by abusers. - Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
"A $33 million shortfall in just a month's time is dramatic."
- Bob Lucey, Chairman, Washoe County Commission says Washoe County residents are going to see some massive budget shortfalls which is going to relate to services being cut. - Tuesday, May 5, 2020.
"That faith in him is quickly eroding."
- State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, District 16 makes the point that the Governor needs to give more clarity, more certainty and more communication to the people of Nevada, on the timing of reopening the state. The Senator supports the positions that the Governor has taken so far. - Friday, May 1, 2020.
"The feedback from our members is pretty varied."
- Mary Beth Sewald, President and CEO, Vegas Chamber explains on one hand her members appreciate the Governors efforts to keep Nevada safe but on the other hand some members say that they are in dire straits. The longer they stay closed the harder it will be to ever restart the community and the economy again and some of them are saying they are going out of business completely. - Thursday, April 30, 2020.
"How do we safely get our employees back to work."
- Tina Quigley, Former CEO, RTC of Southern Nevada explains that this is a bi-partisan position on reopening Nevada. Making sure employees are comfortable, coming back to work. - Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
"Whether they can reopen, and they have the cash, and can they sustain that reopening if someone should get sick inside their businesses."
- Bryan Wachter, Senior VP, Government and Public Affairs, Retail Association of Nevada says he hopes that Nevada state government will address the liability issues associated with Covid-19 so businesses can maintain and then the employment levels the state needs to go forward. - Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
"(They are) Relying on teams of really smart cognitively diverse individuals who are bringing different things to the table."
- Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute says the days of single leaders making all the decisions is in the past and he’s pleased that top line managers are bringing in experts from many diverse fields to decide how they should prepare to reopen the Las Vegas Strip. - Friday, April 24, 2020.
"The most important part of the sadness is people not working."
- Michele Fiore, Las Vegas City Councilwoman, Ward 6 who rode a bicycle down the empty Las Vegas Strip, is concerned about all the employees who are out of work and are they getting checks or are they getting unemployment. She says the unemployment system in Nevada is antiquated. - Thursday, April 23, 2020.
"What does it look like when this is all over?"
- Caleb Cage, Incident Commander for the NV Covid 19 Response for the Nevada National Guard says the responsibility is not only in the present but also how do we get back to normal and what does normal look like. - Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
"That’s definitely going to have a ripple effect, no doubt."
- Jim Barbee, Churchill County Manager discussing Dairy Farmers of America, that has a huge dry milk plant in Churchill County. With the softening of the market in China, the major buyer of their product, already underway before the virus hit, the coronavirus is only making things worse. - Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
