When Frankie Brown headed home after a hard day’s work at Circus Circus, she didn’t realize it would be the last time for months.

Some Valley casinos will open their doors for the first time in almost two months starting Friday.

Casino capacity would be cut in half, gamblers would keep their distance at slot and table games and surfaces would be cleaned frequently when casinos reopen under new guidelines approved Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission.

Bob only ever had to travel four miles to go to the casino. When the coronavirus pandemic shut it down, his gambling got even closer to home.

Far from home is what home may soon look like.

It’s been weeks since the pandemic quieted the world’s playground, snuffing out the symphony of boozy conversation, blaring car horns and slot-machine chimes that once filled the Las Vegas Strip.

The year is 2022, and you’ve just pulled up a seat at one of thousands of glittering slot machines on the Las Vegas Strip. As the multi-colored patchwork of jackpots dances on-screen, something new pops up: your name, greeting you like an old friend.

Amid rising resort fees and parking fees on the Strip, visitors have found another vexation: drink fees. A number of dayclubs and nightclubs across the Strip have said they enforce service fees on drink orders.