Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati announces it will be returning to 24-hour operations after curfew lifted Share Updated: 8:14 PM EST Feb 11, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 8:14 PM EST Feb 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CALL. FOR BARS AND RESTAURANTS LIFTING THE STATEWIDE CURFEW IS LIKE LIFTING A GREAT WEIGHT LAST CALL WAS 10 IN NOVEMBER THEN PUSHED TO 11 LAST MONTH AND AS NELSON CASTILLO WHO OWNS PRIME DOWNTOWN SHOWED US THE SPACING BETWEEN TABLES. HE FRAMED THE IMPACT OF THE PAST FOUR MONTHS CAPACITIES 305 AND RIGHT NOW IS ONLY 150 SO THAT GAVE US THE BIG CHALLENGE TO TO THE RESTAURANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MONEY THAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR MID-WINNERS TRADITIONALLY A TOUGH TIME FOR NIGHT SPOTS. ANYWDOWN 50% AND MORE THE NUMBER AND TRENDS BUT WE DON’T KNOW IS WE’RE WELL WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE VARIANCE? YOU’VE SEEN SOME OF THE NATIONAL STORIES ABOUT HOW FAST IT REPLICATES. WE DON’T KNOW BARS ARE TAKING THE GOOD NEWS AND RUNNING WITH IT. THEY KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THAT DEWINE’S CHOICE OF CURFEW OVER SHUT DOWN MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. WE’RE LUCKY TO BE IN OHIO. I MEAN IF WE WERE IN OTHER STATES LIKE, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK, MICHIGAN, BY NOW WE WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. AND NOT EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY IS PLEASED WITH HOW GOVERNOR DEWINE HAS HANDLED ALL THIS WITH REGARD TO THE CURFEW BUT JOHN FRANCOIS FLACHE OF TASTE OF BELGIUM BEHIND ME HERE SAYS COMMUNICATION WITH DEWINE’S OFFICE HAS BEEN SOLID AND HE TELLS US TO WINE LISTENED AND TOOK THE INDUSTRY’S CONCERNS TO HEART. LIVE