The NFL and the Raiders are moving forward as if the games will take place at the new indoor, 65,000-seat Allegiant Stadium, just off the Las Vegas Strip. The Raiders are scheduled to host Brees' New Orleans Saints on "Monday Night Football" on Sept. 21 to kick off the home schedule.

Casino companies have been characteristically cagey about when — and if, and in what form — they might reopen buffets in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown, but it appears most will hold off, at least for a while.

Casino companies have been characteristically cagey about when — and if, and in what form — they might reopen buffets in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown, but it appears most will hold off, at least for a while.

Restaurants inside casinos are now allowed to reopen. But that doesn’t mean they will.

Restaurants inside casinos are now allowed to reopen. But that doesn’t mean they will.

Restaurants inside casinos are now allowed to reopen. But that doesn’t mean they will.

A week ago today, a UNLV faculty advisory council voted unanimously against a proposal to allow a Las Vegas-based public research center to become part of the university.

Whenever Nevada reopens it will be in coordination with a few neighboring states. Gov. Steve Sisolak announcing today it will be joining a pact of western states to collaborate on reopening their economies and battling the coronavirus.

Nevada is joining forces to fight against the coronavirus. The Silver State is now part of the Western States Pact, a group of neighboring governors who are working together to figure out how and when they will get back to business.

On Treasure Island’s casino floor, which has transformed from a jumble of noises and flashing lights into a place of stillness and calm, two chairs are missing from a bank of slot machines that once seated four. In the table games section of the casino, shuttered since mid-March when casinos were ordered closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, there are just three seats for players at a blackjack table instead of the normal six.

Many economists predict that, among U.S. states, Nevada’s economy will be the hardest hit and slowest to recover from the economic crisis created by COVID-19.

Earlier this week, Mayor Carolyn Goodman publicly begged the governor to lift business restrictions on non-essential businesses.