{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-043","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Mississippi Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Mississippi Gaming Commission, Executive Director Allen Godfrey","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. §§ 75-76-33, 75-76-51","instrument":"Industry Letter No. 2020-01","title":"Reopening Guidelines for COVID-19: Phase One Casino Reopening Guidelines (50 percent occupancy; entry screening questions; masks encouraged and provided; distancing; no entertainment or special-event gatherings; no promotions or tournaments; valet discontinued)","dateIssued":"2020-05-15","effective":"2020-05-21 8:00 a.m. (casinos authorized to reopen)","end":"Amended June 19, 2020 (Ex. 045) and July 2, 2020 (Ex. 047); guidelines remained the operating condition through Executive Order 1525 (Sept. 30, 2020) and the winter orders","startDate":"2020-05-21","endDate":"2020-06-19","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CAP","EVT","EMP","MASK","GATH"],"addressees":["All licensees, enrolled attorneys and interested parties (the 26 State-licensed casinos)"],"clause":"The number of guests on the property shall be limited to no greater than 50% the property\u0027s maximum occupancy. Limit points of entry to allow for each guest to be screened prior to entry. Such screening shall include the following questions, and any guest answering any question in the affirmative shall not be permitted to enter the property... No entertainment or special event gatherings. No promotions/table game tournaments will be permitted that require customers to cluster and cannot be conducted in accordance with appropriate social distancing.","enforcement":"Condition of reopening under the Commission\u0027s licensing authority; violations subject to disciplinary action under Miss. Code Ann. § 75-76-103 et seq.","functions":["SF casino floors at 50 percent occupancy with entry screening","EVT entertainment and special events barred; tournaments and promotions barred","AM valet discontinued","FB, LG casino hotels and restaurants under the guidelines and the Governor\u0027s orders","CB screening questions and exclusion of symptomatic guests"],"notes":"Mississippi\u0027s 26 casinos were closed by the Commission from midnight Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. 048) until 8:00 a.m. May 21, 2020 (Ex. 049): 66 days. Text via OCR of the scanned letter; Industry Letter 2020-03 recites its issue date as May 15, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.msgamingcommission.com/images/uploads/Industry_Letter_2020-01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":299687,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-043","citation":"Mississippi Gaming Commission, Executive Director Allen Godfrey, Industry Letter No. 2020-01 (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-043)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-044","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-045","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-046"]}