It’ll be like 2008 when people lost their houses.” “If all the casinos are shutting down, the employees will be really affected. “I was expecting a few casinos to be open and was hoping to make some money from that,” he said, and speculated whether he would need to find a job delivering packages for Amazon.
Uber driver Samuel Parlan, 59, was surprised by news of the pending shutdown. There has been one confirmed death in the state.
Tuesday’s announcement - affecting a $6.6-billion gambling business in Las Vegas alone - comes as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in Clark County jumped to 42, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)
