Order Approving Standards for Review of Casino Reopening Plans

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (State casino regulator) · New Jersey

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

EO 157 (2020) para. 11 (Ex. NJ-026); N.J.S.A. 5:12-96

Issued

2020-06-29 June 29, 2020

Effective

2020-06-29 (reopening permitted from 6:00 a.m. July 2, 2020) (read as 2020-06-29)

End

Standards remained the condition of operation until EO 239 and EO 242 (May 19 - June 4, 2021) removed percentage caps and distancing (Exs. NJ-047, NJ-050) (read as 2021-06-04)

In force

June 29, 2020 to June 4, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• The nine Atlantic City casino licensees

Functions reached

• SF gaming floors at 25 percent of Department of Community Affairs occupancy (CANJ plan, Ex. 022)
• FB food and beverage outlets at 25 percent; indoor dining barred by EO 158 until Sept. 4, 2020
• LG hotel rooms outside the cap but cleaning and check-in screening required
• EVT no shows or events
• CB patron masks, screening, temperature checks

Collection

State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

WHEREAS, in accordance with Paragraph 11 of Executive Order No. 157 (2020), the Division has adopted the CANJ protocols as the baseline and minimum standards that each Atlantic City casino is required to meet or exceed in order to reopen its premises to the public;... IT IS on this 29 day of JUNE, 2020, ORDERED that the standards established for reopening, as set forth in the CANJ protocols set the baseline, minimum standard by which all individual Atlantic City casino reopening plans will be considered, reviewed, approved, and published.

Enforcement

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