{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie Jones","authority":"La. R.S. 27:1 et seq. (\u0027all regulatory authority and control... over all aspects of gaming activities\u0027); Proclamation 27 JBE 2020","instrument":"Order of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB-5531-20): Order Closing Casinos","title":"All gaming operations at the land-based casino, all riverboat casinos and all slots-at-the-track facilities to cease at midnight March 16, 2020 for two weeks, to midnight March 30, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 midnight","end":"Extended to Apr. 12 (Order No. 4, Ex. 052), Apr. 30 (No. 7, Ex. 054), May 15 (No. 10, Ex. 056) and May 18, 2020 (No. 12, Ex. 058); reopening from May 18, 2020 under Order No. 12","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE"],"addressees":["Harrah\u0027s New Orleans (land-based casino)","All licensed riverboat casinos","Slots-at-the-track licensees (Delta Downs, Evangeline Downs, Louisiana Downs, Fair Grounds)"],"clause":"IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Effective at midnight, March 16, 2020, all gaming operations conducted at the land-based casino, all licensed riverboat casinos, and all slots at the track licensed facilities shall, until further order, cease for a period of two weeks, ending at midnight March 30, 2020. 2. All licensees shall coordinate with the Gaming Enforcement Division of Louisiana State Police in the implementation of this order. 3. This order may be extended, amended, or rescinded by the Chairman of the Board upon a change or continuation of circumstances.","enforcement":"Board order implemented by the Gaming Enforcement Division of Louisiana State Police; violation subject to license suspension, revocation and penalties under La. R.S. 27:15(B), 27:21 and LAC Title 42","functions":["SF every casino gaming floor in Louisiana closed 63 days (Mar. 16 - May 18, 2020)","LG, FB casino hotels, restaurants and venues closed with the premises under 30 JBE 2020","AM racetrack casinos\u0027 slot floors closed","WF casino workforce idled (see the employment-condition forbearance in Orders 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29)"],"notes":"Issued the same day as Proclamation 30 JBE 2020 (Ex. LA-003); the Board\u0027s order is the licensing-law closure that the State Police enforced. Scanned; text via OCR.","sourceUrl":"http://lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/docs/2020_03_16_Order_Closing_Casinos.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210111/http://lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/docs/2020_03_16_Order_Closing_Casinos.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":40535,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050","citation":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie Jones, Order of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB-5531-20): Order Closing Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-003","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-051","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-065","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-052","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-053","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-054","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-055","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-066","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-056","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-057","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-067","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-059"]}