{"id":81043,"date":"2020-09-03T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=81043"},"modified":"2020-09-05T07:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T11:15:37","slug":"new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New York casinos get the \u2018green light\u2019 to open next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that non-tribal casinos in New York, to include Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y., are able to open on Sept. 9, with restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s casinos are among the last businesses to reopen following months of shutdowns due to the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor\u2019s guidance, casinos must meet certain air filtration requirements and limit capacity to 25 percent of normal levels. Masks will be required and patrons must follow social distancing guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines also outlined that beverage service will not be allowed on the gaming floor, and casinos are being advised to bring in additional staff to monitor player traffic and compliance with reopening rules.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos will also have to ensure players at slots and other gaming machines remain 6-feet apart unless approved barriers are placed between them.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday we spoke with Charlie Ott, general manager at Tioga Downs, and he will be reaching out with more details on when the Nichols, N.Y. facility will officially reopen, and in accordance with the governor\u2019s outline.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s announcement falls on the heels of a rally by casino employees that took place Thursday morning in Seneca County. A gathering also took place at Tioga Downs at the end of last month to rally the governor to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Like all nonessential businesses in New York, casinos like Tioga Downs closed in March to help slow the spread of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that non-tribal casinos in New York, to include Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y., are able to open on Sept&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":81044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York casinos get the \u2018green light\u2019 to open next week - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York casinos get the \u2018green light\u2019 to open next week - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that non-tribal casinos in New York, to include Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y., are able to open on Sept....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-03T17:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-05T11:15:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/09\/Casinos1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"777\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/\",\"name\":\"New York casinos get the \u2018green light\u2019 to open next week - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/09\/Casinos1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-03T17:44:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-05T11:15:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/09\/03\/new-york-casinos-get-the-green-light-to-open-next-week\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/09\/Casinos1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/09\/Casinos1.jpg\",\"width\":777,\"height\":437,\"caption\":\"Cars and motorcycles gathered for last year\u2019s annual show at Tioga Downs. 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