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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-082 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Press release: Michigan Gaming Control Board approves minimum reopening guidelines for Detroit casinos

Board approves the minimum reopening guidelines (15 percent of legal capacity; limited entrances with temperature checks; smoking ban on floors); casinos to remain closed until permitted under the Safe Start Plan

Michigan Gaming Control Board (Executive Director Richard S. Kalm) · Michigan Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · Michigan
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
MCL 432.204a
Issued
2020-06-08 June 8, 2020
Effective
2020-06-08
End
See Ex. 081 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
June 8, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirement
Addressees
  • The three Detroit casinos
Functions reached
  • SF closed through Aug. 4, 2020; 15 percent thereafter
  • CB entry screening
Character
context
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

The Michigan Gaming Control Board today approved minimum reopening guidelines for the Detroit casinos to protect public health and safety. The casinos will remain closed until reopening can be permitted under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Safe Start Plan.... The minimum guidelines for initial opening include: Limit of 15 percent the legal capacity at each casino; Limited entrance points with temperature checks; A ban on smoking on the casino floors.

Enforcement

See Ex. 081

Notes

Rendered from the June 29, 2020 capture of the Board's release page; the sidebar lists the Board's other COVID items (revenue 'falls 51.6 percent year-over-year through May'; 'COVID-19 halts gaming').

Retrieval note

Filename carries the capture period; the release is dated June 8, 2020.