Visitor reaction

During the Fourth of July weekend, a handful of visitors said they were aware of positive tests among hotel-casino workers, but the cases had no effect on their travel plans.

Nate Johnson, of Illinois, said finding out about a COVID-19-positive employee would not affect a planned vacation at all.

“We would be fine,” he said. “It wouldn’t matter either way. I’d still go.”

Salt Lake City resident Jaylen Torres, 22, and fiance Abisai Garcia, 24, said they weren’t aware that some casino employees had tested positive before they came to Vegas on July 3. They said the information wouldn’t change their travel plans.

“We’re young. So I take COVID-19 seriously, but I just treat it like any other big flu,” Garcia said. “Usually they would sanitize the place afterward, so I’d be fine with that.”

But Nicole and Paul Viazcan, of Los Angeles, said they would want a casino company to tell them if any employees had tested positive.

“It would be information I would want to know, what casinos are getting hit,” Nicole Viazcan said.

Her husband added that it would help the couple make decisions on where to go on the Strip.

“It might change places we want to eat, but as long as they’re taking safety measures after, like, you knew they sanitized and closed it down, then at least we know they’re doing something and not leaving it as is,” he said.