US-Macau gaming operator Wynn Resorts said in a statement received by The Macau Post Daily today that it has decided to temporarily close Wynn Las Vegas and Encore as part of its continuing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
According to the statement released in Las Vegas on Sunday, the company "has committed to pay all-full-time Wynn and Encore employees during the closure."
The closure will be effective tomorrow (March 17) at 6 p.m. (local time) "and is expected to be in effect for two weeks, after which the company will evaluate the situation," the statement said.
The statement pointed out that "a limited number of employees and management will remain at the resort to secure and maintain the facility".
Wynn Resorts owns two integrated hotel-casino resorts in Macau, one in Nape and the other in Cotai.
All casinos in Macau were closed by order of the government between February 5 and February 19 in response to the novel coronavirus epidemic.
