“I believe that the pandemic made us more aware and made it much easier for us to make that decision,” Oppenheimer said to a half-filled room of industry professionals. Employee morale skyrocketed, he said, and customers made it clear in surveys, too. In fact, they could gain new customers.Īt Parx Casino in the Philadelphia area, Chief Marketing Officer Marc Oppenheimer said they chose to keep a pandemic-era smoke-free plan that directed smokers to a new outdoor patio in June 2021. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal) growing number of casinos outside of Nevada are expanding their non-smoking options or banning smoking all together, experts said Wednesday during a panel at the Global Gaming Expo.ĭuring the first-ever G2E panel on the controversial topic of allowing or banning smoking in casinos, advocates argued that there would be minimal impact to a smoking casino changing its policies.
Smoke free slot area is seen at the Plaza hotel and casino, on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in downtown Las Vegas.
