Shaded from the blazing sun by canopies and refreshed by fans, gamblers on Sunday regained some sense of normalcy by returning to an outdoor cardroom in Tracy.
Stars Casino opened for the first extended period since mid-March, becoming the first cardroom in the state allowed to reopen with outdoor gambling. It could become a model for Bay Area casinos and cardrooms that are leaking money. Stars Casino Chief Operating Officer Emmanuel Macalino presented a safety plan that was approved for outdoor operation on the casino’s spacious backyard patio.
The cardroom had previously reopened July 12, only to be forced to shut back down within hours.
This time, gamblers have to show identification, get their temperatures checked and sanitize their hands before entering the patio. Any time a player leaves a table, the unoccupied seat is disinfected.
Once inside the canopies, masked gamblers find properly distanced tables and seats to play blackjack, baccarat, three-card poker, Pai Gow and Ultimate Texas Hold ’Em. Other forms of poker that often require eight or nine players are not allowed, as each table seats only three or four maximum.
The outdoor cardroom is working at about half of its indoor capacity.
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