{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-091","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board (Chairman Jeremy Romero; agency staff)","authority":"NMSA 1978, § 60-2E-7; Public Health Order of Feb. 24, 2021","instrument":"Reopening Letter to Licensees (February 25, 2021)","title":"Racetrack casinos and other Board licensees may reopen under the county color-coded caps of the February 24, 2021 Public Health Order (Red 25 percent, Yellow 33 percent, Green 50 percent, Turquoise 75 percent of maximum occupancy) upon notice to the Board with a COVID-Safe Practices plan","dateIssued":"2021-02-25","effective":"2021-02-25 (as each county\u0027s level permitted)","end":"County caps eased through the spring of 2021; statewide reopening July 1, 2021 under the June 30, 2021 Public Health Order","startDate":"2021-02-25","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["All New Mexico Gaming Control Board licensees (racetrack casinos, nonprofit gaming operators, bingo and raffle licensees)"],"clause":"Good news, the Public Health Order issued by the New Mexico Department of Health... dated February 24, 2021, as amended, is allowing various businesses to re-open pursuant to color-coded guidelines. The Order states under the \u0027Red Level - j. Any entity not identified above may operate but may not exceed 25% of the maximum occupancy...\u0027... Agency staff have verified with the Governor\u0027s office that all New Mexico Gaming Control Board (NMGCB) Licensees fall under the sections as listed above.... we ask that as soon as your location meets the requirements under the Emergency Public Health Order as amended, and you intend to re-open, that you notify the NMGCB. Your notice to reopen should include your schedule for reopening along with your \u0027COVID-Safe Practices\u0027 plan which will need to be in place and continually enforced until further notice by the Governor.","enforcement":"Public Health Order penalties (§ 12-10A-19); Board monitoring of compliance under § 60-2E-7; licensing and permit obligations","functions":["SF racetrack casino gaming floors closed Mar. 2020 - late Feb./Mar. 2021 (about 340 days), then 25-75 percent by county","FC nonprofit gaming rooms and bingo","EMP COVID-Safe Practices plans","SP racetracks (Sunland Park, Ruidoso Downs, Zia Park, SunRay Park, The Downs at Albuquerque) casino revenue suspended"],"notes":"Establishes the longest State-ordered casino closure in the country outside tribal lands: New Mexico\u0027s racetrack casinos were closed for roughly eleven months and reopened at 25-75 percent of occupancy in Q1 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nmgcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Reopening-Letter-February-25-2021.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210307/https://www.nmgcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Reopening-Letter-February-25-2021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":326657,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-091","citation":"New Mexico Gaming Control Board (Chairman Jeremy Romero; agency staff), Reopening Letter to Licensees (February 25, 2021) (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-091)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":[]}