{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board","authority":"4 Pa.C.S. § 1202","instrument":"Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos","title":"Board instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the other six having already closed)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-17 6:00 a.m.","end":"Casinos reopened under Board-approved protocols from June 9, 2020 (Green Phase counties) through July 2020","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-06-09","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","EVT"],"addressees":["Hollywood Casino at Penn National, Mount Airy, Mohegan Sun Pocono, Lady Luck Nemacolin, Meadows, Presque Isle (ordered); Valley Forge, Harrah\u0027s Philadelphia, Parx, Rivers Philadelphia, Rivers Pittsburgh, Wind Creek Bethlehem (already closed)"],"clause":"The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today instructed the six Pennsylvania casinos that are open as of today to begin closing procedures so that all gaming activities and entry to patrons is concluded by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17. The order to close follows the rapid expansion of reported COVID-19 cases and is aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. While the closure of the casinos is temporary, there is no specific indication of when reopening will occur.","enforcement":"\u0027The order to close\u0027 issued under the Board\u0027s sole regulatory authority (4 Pa.C.S. § 1202); license discipline under § 1518","functions":["SF all twelve casino gaming floors closed","AM racetrack casinos\u0027 simulcast and gaming closed","LG, FB, EVT casino hotels, restaurants and venues closed with the Governor\u0027s Mar. 19 order"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s own closure action, two days before the Governor\u0027s statewide order of Mar. 19, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/?pr=896","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200711050500/https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/?pr=896","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":294581,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026","citation":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-028"]}