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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-081 Order Primary source read

Minimum Guidelines for Detroit Commercial Casinos to Reopen (approved June 8, 2020; posted June 2020)

Minimum standards for a limited initial reopening of MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity and Greektown: 15 percent of legal capacity; limited entry points and temperature checks; masks; no smoking on the floor; no valet, buffets, poker or coat check; distancing at slots and tables

Michigan Gaming Control Board (Executive Director Richard S. Kalm) · Michigan Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator for the three Detroit commercial casinos) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Michigan Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator for the three Detroit commercial casinos) · Michigan
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
MCL 432.204a; MCL 432.204 ('these minimum standards will be incorporated into an Executive order and distributed to each of the three Detroit casinos')
Issued
2020-06-08 June 8, 2020
Effective
Casinos 'will remain closed until reopening can be permitted under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Safe Start Plan'; reopening permitted Aug. 5, 2020 (EO 2020-160/161) at 15 percent (read as 2020-08-05)
End
Detroit casinos closed again Nov. 18 - Dec. 22, 2020 under the MDHHS Nov. 15 and Dec. 7, 2020 orders; reopened Dec. 23, 2020 under MDHHS capacity limits (100 patrons / 30 percent) that continued into 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Aug. 5, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • MGM Grand Detroit
  • MotorCity Casino
  • Greektown Casino
Functions reached
  • SF gaming floors at 15 percent of legal capacity from Aug. 5, 2020 (Ex. 083 confirms 15 percent still in force in October 2020)
  • CB temperature checks and limited entry
  • EMP masks, training, smoking ban on floors
  • FB, AM buffets, valet and coat check closed
  • WF Detroit casino workforce idled Mar. 16 - Aug. 5, 2020 and Nov. 18 - Dec. 22, 2020
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

The purpose of this document is to set forth minimum standards for a limited initial re-opening of Michigan commercial casinos.... Upon acceptance by the Executive Director, these minimum standards will be incorporated into an Executive order and distributed to each of the three Detroit casinos.... All patrons entering a casino shall wear a mask which covers the nose and mouth areas and shall wear the mask in that manner continuously while in the casino unless drinking or eating.

Enforcement

Incorporated into an Executive Director's order under MCL 432.204; license discipline under MCL 432.204a and R 432.1101 et seq.

Notes

The Detroit casinos were closed 142 days (Mar. 16 - Aug. 5, 2020) and 35 more days in Nov.-Dec. 2020; the 15 percent cap held through at least October 2020 (Ex. 083).

Retrieval note

Filename date (June 25, 2020) is the posting period; the Board approved the guidelines June 8, 2020 (Ex. 082).

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