In an email, Nevada Gaming Control Board Audit Division Chief Kelly Colvin said that many of the employees at the four major gaming facilities along Highway 50 are residents of California and have already left the properties and evacuated from their homes.
Last weekend, several facilities canceled entertainment as the fire grew in California.
The disruption comes just as Lake Tahoe resorts prepared for Labor Day weekend. South Lake Tahoe Operators Partially Close OperationsĪs of Monday, South Lake Tahoe operators of four big casinos have begun closing parts of their gaming operations after fire officials in California have ordered evacuations of residents up to the Nevada border in response to the spread of the Caldor fire.
South Lake Tahoe casinos have started to close down their gaming operations as the Caldor Fire gets worse.
