Live racing resumes at Plainridge's harness racing track on Monday.

Plainridge opted to reopen in the middle of the week because it will allow a chance to work out any kinks in the operation or in the safety plan before the weekend when more players might make their own returns to the slots, George said. Gaming Commission Interim Executive Director Karen Wells said the State Police reported to her that there had been no issues in the first few hours that the slots parlor was open. 'You can still feel the vibe on the floor,' George said, adding that there had not been any issues with players lowering their masks while on the gaming floor. Bruce Band, assistant director of the Gaming Commission's Investigations and Enforcement Bureau, said there were 253 people at Plainridge Park Casino as of 9 a.m. Instead of its usual capacity of about 5,800 people, Plainridge Park Casino is limited to about 2,100 people and about 700 of the parlor's roughly 1,250 slot machines are active. The slots parlor posted the details of its health and safety precautions to its website and sent an explanation directly to regulars, and George estimated that 99% of guests came prepared with their own mask.Īs they arrived at the casino on Wednesday morning, players queued up in a way that allowed for social distancing, walked up to a digital temperature-taker and then presented an ID so Plainridge can keep a log of who has visited its facility to make contact tracing easier, if needed. George said players seemed to know what to expect when Plainridge reopened its doors. Plainridge Park Casino in Massachusetts reopened Wednesday after being forced to shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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