With the beginning of selective isolation in the country, more cities have opened their casinos, we have seen how in the cities of Medellín, Cali, Cartago, Yopal, Santa Marta, Manizales, Ibagué and Itagüí each of these cities have done so with some conditions that differ between them.
Through Decree 0826 of August 31, 2020, Mayor William Dau Chamatt of Cartagena authorized the reopening of the casinos, but established some measures for their operation.
In the city there are 18 registered casinos, all of them have biosafety protocols approved and enabled to operate in accordance with María Claudia Peñas, who is the District's advisor for economic reactivation.
However, some of the conditions for casinos to operate again began when they had to register on the platform stipulated by the Mayor's Office, include documentation such as: certificate of existence, documentation of the legal representative, biosecurity protocols established in Resolution 000666 of April 24, 2020, and its technical annex.
Now for its operation, they must comply with a schedule between 6 in the morning until 10 at night. Players must have pick and ID or make a reservation in advance to enter the casino
The personnel who work in the casinos must be duly identified and accredited with the documents that attest to the exercise of their functions and activities, and they must be registered by their employer on the page authorized by the Mayor's Office.
Verification of compliance with these measures and the biosafety protocols is the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior, the District Administrative Department of Health (Dadis), the National Police and other authorities, who may also apply the sanctions established by law.
Casinos in Cali reopen with a pact for Biosecurity and Life
The Mayor's Office of Cali and the city's casinos operators signed the Pact for Biosecurity and Life, which gave the green light to the reopening of the Gambling establishments.
This signing took place in one of the city's casinos with the presence of the mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina; the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, José Manuel Restrepo, secretaries of the office, executives of Fenalco and representatives of the casinos of the capital of the Valley.
In Cali there are 88 casinos that generate more than 7,000 direct jobs and contributed more than 40,000 million pesos in exploitation rights for health in 2019.
“We have to reactivate our economy, resist this pandemic and save many of our commercial, service and industrial activities. That is why we signed an agreement with casinos, gambling halls and bingo halls, so that they can be opened in a biosecure way as spaces where life is protected ”, stated Jorge Iván Ospina
Although the signing took place on Friday, September 4, the casinos began operating from September 5
According to Octavio de Jesús Quintero, president of Fenalco Valle del Cauca, the casino sector generates between 7,000 and 7,500 direct jobs. "This type of reopening helps to generate employment and reactivate commerce, industry and services," he said.
