On Monday, Washoe County became the last county to win approval of a local plan to move forward before June 1. The task force declined to accept its plan last week after the county commission removed social-distancing requirements from the previous blueprint that the county health district had insisted be part of the package.
It’s new plan eliminates capacity limits effective June 1, unless there’s a big spike in the new number of COVID-19 cases and other trends. In the meantime, it allows full capacity in businesses that have enough space to still comply with the 6-foot social-distancing mandate.
In Las Vegas and Clark County, the capacity cap rose from the state-mandated 50% to 80% on Saturday and will be eliminated when 60% of eligible county residents have received at least one vaccination shot.
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Las Vegas hits jackpot as pandemic-weary visitors return
By Ken Ritter
LAS VEGAS - To Mike Anger in Midland, Michigan, a $100 round-trip airline flight and $260 for five nights at a Las Vegas hotel made it too easy to say yes. How could I turn that down? the 39-year-old electrician asked, holding a tall vodka drink, basking in 90-degree temperatures, and soaking in the sights of street entertainers and tourists on Friday in a downtown casino pedestrian mall. I m having a blast, said his friend, cosmetologist Jade Topor. Pretty much what I expected.
Las Vegas has been almost elbow-to-elbow lately with pandemic-weary tourists looking for excitement and entertainment, after casinos rose from 35% to 50% occupancy March 15 under state health guidelines.