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New Jersey's casinos and amusement parks are set to reopen on Thursday under the state's reopening plan. Fortunately your stay at (ta && ta.queueForLoad ? "The most recent decision to suspend indoor dining at casinos highlights the volatility facing hospitality workers in the current health crisis," Unite Here Local 54 president Bob McDevitt said Wednesday. Some Atlantic City casinos reopen Thursday This week, eight of the casinos are reopening with safety measures in place, including Hard Rock, with no indoor dining, no drinking and no smoking. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak. The vast majority of my members would go back to work with a days notice, McDevitt said. It's now been a number of months since I've last been up to AC; earlier Feb. as a matter of fact. "Shame on all of us; we should have been better prepared," says Guardian. Excellent entertainment options abound (this is the Hard Rock, after all) with big names at the Etess Arena (Carrie Underwood, Maroon 5 and Rascal Flatts among them) and others at the smaller Sound Waves space, which does double-duty as the Howie Mandel Comedy Club. The first version of the bill was passed five years ago when Atlantic City was reeling from the closure of five of its 12 casinos. With casinos paying less, everyone else will pay more, he said. Please subscribe to keep reading. On Monday, Murphy canceled what would have been the start of indoor dining in New Jersey. Its programmed a December Motown show inside a showroom. Use the 'Report' link on Eight of nine Atlantic City casinos reopened last weekend for the first time since New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ordered them to close in light of the coronavirus pandemic on March 16.. Top Right: The entrance to Circus Circus Casino during the Covid-19 shutdown. Five of the nine casinos Hard Rock, Ocean, Resorts, Tropicana and Golden Nugget reopened their doors Thursday morning, the first day New Jersey allowed them to. In 2008, Atlantic City banned it and gaming revenue dropped 20% in just the first week. I'm definitely not going to be visiting again until at least indoor dining is allowed. It's been almost 6 months since my last visit and while I miss some aspects of AC it really hasn't been the end of the world for me. The American Gaming Association says casinos nationwide recovered 81% of their revenue from a year ago and earned $9 billion overall in 2020s third quarter.