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After nearly seven months, Caesars Windsor will welcome back select members under the province's Stage 3 reopening guidelines on Oct. 8.
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In a news release Tuesday, the casino announced it will be reopening its doors to select members. Only slot machines will be available to a maximum of 50 guests at a time. Due to the limited number of people allowed indoors, the casino will only be open to invited Caesars Rewards members until capacity limits expand.
Those who are invited to return will be notified via email and required to reserve a spot in advance.
'With an emphasis on our enhanced health and safety protocols, this initial phase of reopening provides an opportunity to recall additional team members and reconnect with our Caesars Rewards customers,' president of Caesars Windsor Kevin Laforet said in a news release.
'We look forward to welcoming back more of our valued guests and team members when we are able to expand our capacity on property,' he said.
The company says it has implemented new health and safety protocols including:
- All employees and guests must wear masks that cover their nose and mouth.
- Slot machines are spaced out according to physical distancing guidelines.
- Hand sanitizing stations will be placed throughout the casino.
- Increased cleaning and sanitization throughout the property.
- Plexiglass barriers placed between employees and guests at various locations.
- Employees and guests must complete a health questionnaire before entering the casino.
- All employees must take a temperature check before starting work.
- Table games, poker rooms, restaurants, bars and the hotel will be closed until further notice.
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Unifor Local 444, the union representing the casino's workers, posted additional details of the reopening to its Facebook page Tuesday.
Chairperson Dana Dunphy said the union has been told the casino will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. No amenities or third party vendors will be allowed to open and only non-alcoholic refreshments will be offered.
Refurbished casino slot machines. On top of the 83 people currently working at Caesers, Dunphy said the company will recall 115 staff, including: janitors, restroom cleaners, slot attendants, Caesars Rewards representatives, cashiers, bankers, auditors, beverage bartenders, bar porters, Av technicians, tailors and security personnel.
The recalls will take place before Oct. 8 so each department can be trained under the new operating procedures.
According to the union, the casino is looking at giving customers four-hour sessions. Only the first floor will be open and each customer will have to complete a health screening before passing security.
| Third Connecticut casino to open in East Windsor
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Two Native American nations that have joined forces to build Connecticut's third casino announced on Feb. 27 that they have selected East Windsor as the site of their new project.
The Mashantucket Pequot and the Mohegan tribes hope that the new casino, which will be a 15-minute drive from the MGM Springfield casino in Massachusetts, will protect Connecticut's gaming revenue and keep casino jobs in the state. The Springfield MGM is slated to open in spring 2018.
'Do I think that it means that more gaming would remain in Connecticut as opposed to being transported to Massachusetts?' Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a press release on Wednesday. 'The answer is yes and therefore there are more jobs connected to that.'
But before construction on the casino moves forward, the state Legislature must approve a proposal for the project. The bill, which was presented to the Public Safety and Security Committee by state Sen. Catherine Osten, D-Norwich, was discussed in an informational forum on Feb. 23 and is on the agenda for a public hearing in the state Legislature on March 9.
If the bill passes in the Public Safety and Security Committee, it will then be heard by the entire legislature. If approved there, ground on the new site can be broken as early as this coming summer.
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The tribes negotiated with towns independently to decide where to build, and the Connecticut Legislature did not participate in the decision. As a result, some state lawmakers are upset by the location.
State Rep. Christopher Rosario, D-Bridgeport, called the selection process 'secretive' and said Fairfield County would have been a better location because of its proximity to New York City. He also emphasized the need for jobs in Bridgeport.
'Bridgeport has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, especially in terms of people of color,' Rosario said. 'To completely leave Bridgeport out of the question when discussing jobs and creating jobs is a total mistake.'
The casino is projected to generate $8.5 million in taxes for East Windsor every year, which would constitute 18 percent of the town's entire tax revenue. In negotiating with the casino planners, the town's Board of Selectmen agreed to the proposal with unanimous and bipartisan support.
Under the terms of the agreement, the casino will also pay a portion of its revenue as taxes to the state, but that portion has yet to be determined by the state Legislature. Connecticut's two existing casinos pay 25 percent of revenues in taxes.
MGM has been in strong opposition to a new Connecticut casino for months. In a statement at the Feb. 23 informational forum, Uri Clinton, MGM Resorts International's senior vice president and legal counsel, claimed that operating a competing casino on nontribal land would violate existing compacts between Connecticut and the two tribes.
Malloy is aware of the legal concerns surrounding the proposal and has asked the state attorney general for his opinion on the matter. According to an opinion from the Office of Indian Gaming, an authority in tribal-state gaming compacts, building a casino in East Windsor would not violate any existing agreements.
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In his press release, Malloy suggested that the opposition stems from MGM's desire to curb competition.
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'Gosh, people in Massachusetts don't want a third casino in Connecticut — it really is remarkable — and I think I know why,' Malloy said. 'It's the same reason they wanted casinos in Massachusetts, right? They would like to take a substantial portion of the marketplace in Connecticut.'
A spokesman for the Connecticut casino's developers, Andrew Doba, said that by MGM's own estimates, Connecticut would lose about 9,600 jobs with the opening of the Springfield location just 5 miles from the Connecticut border. The opening of a casino in East Windsor could save roughly half of those jobs, Doba said.
Further, the East Windsor developers said at the informational forum that Connecticut will lose $68.3 million in tax dollars and $337 million in total revenue once the MGM Springfield opens — a loss that would be offset by the East Windsor casino.
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'The biggest beneficiary by far is the employees and the state,' Doba said.
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Latest online slots. Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket is operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, and Mohegan Sun in Uncasville is run by the Mohegan Tribe.
