Representatives of Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International and Penn National Gaming have made similar statements.Ī recent letter from Penn National Gaming CEO Jay Snowden to the company’s staff and guests stated that “buffets will remain closed at most of our properties during the opening phases.” Penn had no details, however, on how that policy would apply to the company’s local properties, the Tropicana Las Vegas and the M Resort in Henderson.Ī spokeswoman for The Strat said that its buffet will not be included in the first phase of that resort’s reopening. So we’re going to narrow it down to basically the restaurants that were the most popular.” Those will not be operating in Phase One, as well as some other specialty restaurants. “Buffets generate traffic, but they were definitely loss leaders. “For one, you know, we will be opening none of our buffets,” Fertitta said. In a Tuesday earnings call, Frank Fertitta III, CEO of Red Rock Resorts, parent company of Station Casinos, said buffets won’t be among the amenities included in the early stages of the resorts’ reopenings. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) 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. The Feast Buffet at Palace Station in Las Vegas Monday, March 16, 2020.
