When MGM Resorts reopens its last shuttered property on the Strip, guests won’t be able light up cigars or cigarettes at card tables or slot machines.

When MGM Resorts reopens its last shuttered property on the Strip, guests won’t be able light up cigars or cigarettes at card tables or slot machines.

One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.

The butts stop here.

MGM Resorts announced Monday that when Park MGM and NoMad Las Vegas reopen at the end of the month, the hotels will comprise the first fully smoke-free resort -- including its casino -- on the Las Vegas Strip. (NoMad is a boutique hotel on the upper floors of the resort building.)

One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.

One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.

COVID-19 has impacted every sector of the economy, but the leisure and hospitality industry was hit especially hard. Between February 2020 and April 2020, almost half of that sector’s jobs disappeared, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Since April, leisure and hospitality jobs have begun a comeback as states and cities work to reopen.

The Las Vegas Strip is getting its first nonsmoking hotel-casino.

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