Plexiglass dividers for both players and dealers and.Tables spread far apart from each other.Other safety measures from November, which will likely exist in some form under the coming revised order, include: to 10 p.m., and banning food and beverages - but will make changes, if it has to, once the new health order comes out. It is following the regulations set in place after the county allowed cardrooms to reopen outside in early October - which includes limiting capacity to 50%, operating from 6 a.m. The Commerce Casino, which at its pre-pandemic height could support up to 270 tables indoors, reopened on Wednesday. Then there is the question of whether customers will flock to the cardrooms weeks after the holiday surge began ebbing and with new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus popping up. And while some cardrooms scrambled this week to open swiftly, others are taking their time. For one, the county has yet to release its revised health order, so its unclear whether cardrooms will face tighter protocols or have the same ones they did before Newsom enacted the regional stay-at-home order. Still, some uncertainty around the reopening remains. Others, meanwhile, could resume outdoor operations immediately Monday, including zoos and aquariums - and cardrooms.įor LA County’s seven cardrooms and the cities that reap massive tax revenues from them, it was welcome news after a financially devastating 2020. Restaurants, for example, may reopen for outdoor dining on Friday.

And even though LA County remains in the most restrictive tier, it did allow multiple industries to reopen in some fashion. Once Newsom lifted the orders, which went into effect ahead of the December holidays as a coronavirus surge overwhelmed hospitals, the state’s county tiered system took over again. Gavin Newsom lifted regional stay-at-home orders on Monday, Jan. LA County cardrooms this week received the OK to resume outdoor operations, with strict safety protocols to stem the spread of the coronavirus, after Gov. You can once again ante up, place your bets, check, raise and call in Los Angeles County - but good luck judging your fellow gamblers’ poker faces behind their masks.

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