6/10/2023 0 Comments Tahoe fireInside the fire zone, the 438-room MontBleu offered discounted room rates for evacuees, $60 rates for firefighters and first responders, and free lodging for its employees displaced by the fire. ![]() The Associated Press reported last week that several businesses outside the fire zone were being criticized for price-gouging activities. Gaming revenues in South Lake Tahoe increased 27 percent through July compared to the first seven months of 2019, according to the Gaming Control Board. However, gaming operators also began to prepare for the worst a week earlier, canceling scheduled entertainment - including concerts by Eric Church and Phish - as the fire grew in California. The Stateline casinos had been anticipating a busy end of the summer weekend in an area known the world over for outdoor recreation activities and picturesque Lake Tahoe, as well as for gaming. “The decision to open tonight was in part to help their team members return to normalcy and simply get them back to their daily routines,” according to a statement sent late Tuesday by Hard Rock’s outside public relations representative. A spokeswoman for Bally’s said the resort is housing 150 firefighters. The properties were used by firefighters and first responders last week as command centers, including housing for firefighters. Hard Rock Lake Tahoe is operated by Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming, while Rhode Island-based Bally’s Corp. 16, followed by the hotel and restaurants on Sept. Harveys Tahoe won’t reopen until next week. The property’s hotel and restaurants will reopen Thursday and Friday. Harrah’s will reopen its casino floor in stages, with slot machine operations resuming Wednesday evening and table games on Thursday evening. Hall, general manager of the two properties, said in a statement. “We are tremendously grateful for the fire crews and first responders who continue to work tirelessly to keep the South Lake Tahoe and Stateline areas safe while battling the Caldor Fire,” Karie L. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys Tahoe, which are both operated by Caesars Entertainment, will open in phases beginning Wednesday evening that will last into next week. Hard Rock Lake Tahoe reopened its gaming floor on Tuesday afternoon, and MontBleu Casino Resort reopened its property Wednesday morning. ![]() Most of the mandatory evacuations that covered both the California and Nevada sides of the Lake Tahoe area had been rescinded by Tuesday. South Lake Tahoe’s casino market is slowly getting back to business after the Caldor Fire forced a week-long shutdown of gaming and tourism operations just ahead of what was expected to be a busy Labor Day Weekend.
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