The adjoining hotel has 258 rooms.Īrgosy employed 784 people as of last year, according to the Missouri Gaming Commission’s 2019 annual report, and brought in about $165 million in gaming revenue that year. The casino has more than 1,500 slot machines and 38 tables, according to its website. The Argosy Casino opened in 1994 and is one of 13 casinos in Missouri.

To be clear, however, that does not necessarily mean that all those team members will be laid off.”Īfter being shuttered for several months, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway reopened on May 25, with a line of people waiting to get in stretching around the building. We had a legal obligation to send a formal WARN notice to all the team members who could potentially be laid off. “As a result, we informed our team members that their furloughs may be converted to a permanent layoff in the coming weeks or months. “After thoroughly reevaluating our business in light of the ongoing pandemic, we wanted to communicate honestly and openly with our team members that it could be some time before all of our remaining properties are open, and that those properties that are open will unfortunately not require the same level of staffing due to limitations and restrictions placed on occupancy and offerings to create a safer environment,” Schippers said in an email.

It temporarily suspended operations at all of its properties in mid-March after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and state gaming agencies ordered casinos to temporarily close.Įric Schippers Sr., a spokesman for Penn National Gaming, said that while it had been able to reopen some of its properties on a limited basis, “the continued social distancing requirements and uncertain business volumes means our properties will not be able to resume normal operations for the foreseeable future.” Penn National Gaming furloughed 26,000 employees in April at 41 gaming and racing properties across 19 states.

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