It’s been months since casinos like Green Valley or Red Rock have been open. Barriers continue to block the entrances, a sign of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact. Whenever guests are welcomed back, they’ll be seeing changes.

With a reopening of the Las Vegas Strip likely just around the corner, some of the market's biggest casino-hotels are preparing to welcome back guests as soon as state restrictions on gaming operations are lifted.

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) today released a report outlining the comprehensive health and safety protocols the company is implementing prior to re-opening its domestic properties and resorts which were temporarily closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the coronavirus-caused economic downturn, few industries have been hurt more than hospitality.

General unemployment in the Chinese gaming enclave edged up by 0.4 percent year-versus-year to 2.1 percent for the early quarter, Macau News, a local news publication, reported.

Governor Steve Sisolak says next week he will come up with a more detailed plan about what reopening Nevada would look like. He also said the shutdown might last beyond May 1.

CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke to David G. Schwartz, gaming historian and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about how the pandemic is affecting the gaming hubs of Las Vegas, Macao and beyond.

Revenue from casinos in numerous U.S. states plunged in March as the coronavirus forced the shutdown of in-person gambling across the country in the middle of the month.