Lake Tahoe casinos reopening after Caldor Fire forced shutdown

Lake Tahoe casinos person started to reopen to the nationalist aft the devastating Caldor Fire forced their gaming and edifice operations to unopen down past week.

Caesars Entertainment connected Wednesday announced reopening plans for its 2 Lake Tahoe properties, Harrah’s and Harveys successful Stateline. Harrah’s reopened its edifice operations to the nationalist connected Wednesday. Slot machines were besides planned to reopen astatine the edifice Wednesday evening, followed by array games restarting Thursday.

Harveys’ gambling operations are scheduled to reopen connected Sept. 16, followed by its edifice connected Sept. 17.

“We are blessed to resume operations astatine Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe,” Karie L. Hall, the hotels’ elder vice president and wide manager, said successful a statement. “We are tremendously grateful for the occurrence crews and archetypal responders who proceed to enactment tirelessly to support the South Lake Tahoe and Stateline areas harmless portion battling the Caldor Fire. We’re besides thankful to our dedicated Team Members who made it imaginable for our properties to location truthful galore of those crews during specified a challenging time. As we easiness backmost into operations astatine Harrah’s and Harveys, we look guardant to welcoming our guests and each of our Team members backmost to some properties.”

The Hard Rock Lake Tahoe, managed by Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming, reopened Tuesday nighttime to guests. The spot is inactive being utilized arsenic the bid halfway and volition proceed to provender firefighters and exigency personnel, a spokesperson for the institution said successful a statement.

MontBleu, the 4th of 4 casinos astatine Lake Tahoe, reopened their operations Wednesday morning.

“The information of our squad members and guests has ever been, and continues to be, our highest priority. We look guardant to re-opening our doors present that it is harmless to bash so. This re-opening could not person been made imaginable without the tireless and resilient enactment of our firefighters, archetypal responders, and the enactment of everyone connected the sideline coming unneurotic arsenic one,” Tim Tretton, vice president and wide manager of MontBleu said successful a connection posted connected the resort’s website.

The monolithic wildfire has burned much than 215,000 acres successful the Sierra Nevada since it broke retired successful El Dorado County connected Aug. 14. Thousands fled South Lake Tahoe past week amid mandatory evacuation orders arsenic the occurrence inched person to the edifice portion earlier things took a crook for the amended precocious past week arsenic the immense blaze that has burned for much than 3 weeks yet started to slow.

The occurrence was 50 percent contained arsenic of Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire officials.

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