And when they stop at the first traffic light at the end of the Expressway, they'll notice some stores in Atlantic City's outlet mall district that are still boarded up from a night of protests on May 31 over the death of George Floyd days earlier. They'll drive past billboards on the Atlantic City Expressway advertising concerts by '70s pop acts that were never held. New Jersey shut down the casinos on March 16, and visitors returning to Atlantic City will notice some changes since then. Many casinos have erected glass barriers to separate card players, and most have turned off slot machines at specific intervals to enforce distance between people who play them. Resorts is using ultraviolet light among its disinfectants, and each of the casinos has brought on extra cleaning staff to give extra attention to slot machines, kiosks, bathrooms and guest rooms.

The Borgata has built large hand-washing stations on its casino floor, fixtures that will remain even after the pandemic is over. Guests won't have to walk far to find hand sanitizing stations on the casino floor. Those that have outdoor beach or Boardwalk bars will use them others are improvising by bringing food trucks to their entrances, or, as Harrah's is doing, moving a portable version of its Gordon Ramsay steakhouse to a tented rooftop area, dubbing it 'Ramsey On The Roof.' The casinos can offer take-out food to be eaten outdoors or in hotel rooms. We've spent the last 2 1/2 days scrambling to come up with a new plan.' 'Our plans were to open up the restaurants at 25% capacity, and we were ready to do that. 'Honestly, we were totally surprised,' said Ron Baumann, regional president of Caesars Entertainment, which owns three Atlantic City casinos.

The last-minute changes, announced in a late-night press release Monday, rocked Atlantic City's casinos, forcing them to abandon reopening plans they had spent months making. The Borgata has not set a reopening date. Phil Murphy canceled permission for indoor dining in the state, and imposed smoking and drinking bans on the casinos. It quickly decided to scrap its planned reopening after New Jersey Gov. Only the Borgata, the city's top-performing casino, will remain shut.

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