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Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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Heppenheimer

Heppenheimer

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DCBaker said:
"MGM Resorts International said Friday it is sending separation letters to 18,000 U.S. employees who were furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their job cuts permanent for now.

MGM’s Empire City remains closed in New York state, as does its Park MGM in Las Vegas. Casinos in Las Vegas, where MGM has an outsized presence on the Strip, continue to be especially affected by declines in tourism and travel, restrictions on capacity, the lack of fans at sports events, and negligible conference and group business.

At the start of this year, the company employed 70,000 workers in the U.S."

"The casino company plans to keep recalling additional workers as it reopens properties and adds amenities."

"The company said it will extend health benefits for furloughed employees until Sept. 30. It’s promising workers who are recalled before the end of the year that they will retain their seniority. "

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Does MGM Resorts operate any businesses besides casinos? I would think that industry would be especially vulnerable to the double-whammy of a pandemic and a recession. Plus, Generations X and millenials and Z are apparently not into gambling nearly so much as the Baby Boomers and their parents were/are.
 
DisneyDebRob

DisneyDebRob

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I found this when searching for a answer to your question, I was wondering also. Can’t speak for the website but it looks accurate, I knew about a lot of them.

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Also includes a long list of previous owned places.
 
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GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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DCBaker said:
"MGM Resorts International said Friday it is sending separation letters to 18,000 U.S. employees who were furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their job cuts permanent for now.

MGM’s Empire City remains closed in New York state, as does its Park MGM in Las Vegas. Casinos in Las Vegas, where MGM has an outsized presence on the Strip, continue to be especially affected by declines in tourism and travel, restrictions on capacity, the lack of fans at sports events, and negligible conference and group business.

At the start of this year, the company employed 70,000 workers in the U.S."

"The casino company plans to keep recalling additional workers as it reopens properties and adds amenities."

"The company said it will extend health benefits for furloughed employees until Sept. 30. It’s promising workers who are recalled before the end of the year that they will retain their seniority. "

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Wow. Over 25% of their workforce. Brutal. The casino business is extremely volatile and goes through waves of layoffs on a regular basis but nothing that extreme. This highlights just how much the convention and business travel industry is going to suffer. Las Vegas hosts so many massive conventions that are all cancelled indefinitely. It’s going to take years for all of that to come back.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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GoofGoof said:
Wow. Over 25% of their workforce. Brutal. The casino business is extremely volatile and goes through waves of layoffs on a regular basis but nothing that extreme. This highlights just how much the convention and business travel industry is going to suffer. Las Vegas hosts so many massive conventions that are all cancelled indefinitely. It’s going to take years for all of that to come back.
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IMO its only the beginning. Its also why I don't understand why so many think that people are going ot rush back to Disney when the quarantine rules go away.
 
Heppenheimer

Heppenheimer

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DisneyDebRob said:
I found this when searching for a answer to your question, I was wondering also. Can’t speak for the website but it looks accurate, I knew about a lot of them.

VK.com | VK

m.vk.com m.vk.com

Also includes a long list of previous owned places.
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From that list, it looks like their only non-gambling properties are golf courses.

I searched on google for images of some of their properties, and I was struck how overall dull most appear from the outside. Reminded me of Disney's Riviera Resort, and made me hope that this is not the future of Disney architectural projects.
 
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DCBaker

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Governor Newsom just announced the CA blueprint for a safer economy -

Your county will be assigned a color based on case rate & positivity rate. That color will determines how businesses can operate in your county.

Counties must remain in each tier for a minimum of 21 days before being eligible to move into the next tier.

Schools, for example, may reopen for in-person instruction once their county has been in the Substantial (red) tier for at least two weeks.

Orange county is currently listed as "Widespread".

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COVID-19 Home

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GimpYancIent

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DCBaker said:
Governor Newsom just announced the CA blueprint for a safer economy -

Your county will be assigned a color based on case rate & positivity rate. That color will determines how businesses can operate in your county.

Counties must remain in each tier for a minimum of 21 days before being eligible to move into the next tier.

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Orange county is listed as "Widespread".
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What? California could use a government officials refresh! The people of California should consider a little civic duty exercise called a recall election. Just saying.
 
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GimpYancIent

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Heppenheimer said:
From that list, it looks like their only non-gambling properties are golf courses.

I searched on google for images of some of their properties, and I was struck how overall dull most appear from the outside. Reminded me of Disney's Riviera Resort, and made me hope that this is not the future of Disney architectural projects.
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My impression of the Disney Riviera Resort architecture can be summed up easily. BLUGH!
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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DCBaker said:
Governor Newsom just announced the CA blueprint for a safer economy -

Your county will be assigned a color based on case rate & positivity rate. That color will determines how businesses can operate in your county.

Counties must remain in each tier for a minimum of 21 days before being eligible to move into the next tier.

Schools, for example, may reopen for in-person instruction once their county has been in the Substantial (red) tier for at least two weeks.

Orange county is currently listed as "Widespread".

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COVID-19 Home

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Interesting. The State of FL overall would be in the widespread category, as would Orange County.
 
Kevin_W

Kevin_W

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DCBaker said:
Governor Newsom just announced the CA blueprint for a safer economy -

Your county will be assigned a color based on case rate & positivity rate. That color will determines how businesses can operate in your county.

Counties must remain in each tier for a minimum of 21 days before being eligible to move into the next tier.

Schools, for example, may reopen for in-person instruction once their county has been in the Substantial (red) tier for at least two weeks.

Orange county is currently listed as "Widespread".

View attachment 493582

COVID-19 Home

covid19.ca.gov covid19.ca.gov
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Interesting. That threshold of cases per 100k is the same one Ohio is using for their line between Red and Orange levels (though they use a 2-week average). We don't use % positive, but rather a bunch of other factors about community spread, increasing/decreasing rates of transmission and hospitalizations, etc. (https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/public-health-advisory-system/) But # of cases is all that really matters.
 
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DCBaker

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"Nearly three months since Universal Orlando reopened its theme parks, about 840 employees at three hotels on the property are now out of their jobs as the the industry continues to struggle with a slow recovery in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

About 840 employees at Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel and Cabana Bay Beach Resort are indefinitely furloughed or were permanently terminated, according to a notice filed with the state this week.

“Unfortunately, the global pandemic surrounding COVID-19 has forced Loews Hotels & Co to make some difficult decisions as it relates to our workforce. Team Members are the backbone of our company and rest assured, these measures were not taken lightly,” said spokeswoman Jennifer Hodges, adding the three hotels are still remaining open."

www.orlandosentinel.com

At 3 more Universal Orlando hotels, 840 people are losing their jobs

Nearly three months since Universal Orlando reopened its theme parks, about 840 employees at three hotels on the property are now out of their jobs as the the industry continues to struggle with a …
www.orlandosentinel.com www.orlandosentinel.com
 
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