Turning Stone Resort Casino, Point Place Casino and YBR Casino Set to Reopen on June 10th Under Updated Health and Safety Guidelines
Oneida Indian Nation gaming properties, the first Upstate New York casinos to temporarily close in March, will begin to resume operations for regional residents on June 10, 2020. The planned reopenings will function under wide-sweeping new health and safety measures.
Oneida Indian Nation Homelands (June 9, 2020) – Following months of extensive planning and coordination with neighboring municipalities, the Oneida Indian Nation is set to reopen doors for a phased reopening of its award-winning hospitality and entertainment properties on Wednesday, June 10 at 8:00 a.m. Included in the reopenings are Turning Stone Resort Casino, Point Place Casino and YBR Casino & Sports Book.
Operating under its comprehensive Health and Safety reopening plan Safer Together, the Oneida Indian Nation has implemented new safety protocols, enhanced cleaning policies, trained staff on additional precautionary protocols, and has introduced certain restrictions during Phase 1 of its reopening process.
Key protocols for the Phase 1 reopening include:
- Limit access to guests who travel from within 120 miles within New York with valid New York State issued driver’s license or non-driver ID.
- All employees are required to have daily screenings, including temperature checks. Employees who handle commonly touched items with guests are required to wear gloves, including in all restaurants, at registration desks and on the gaming floors.
- Guest and employee entry and ID verification protocols that allow for contact tracing, if necessary.
- Mandatory face coverings for all employees and guests, as a condition of entry, even in administrative areas.
- Occupancy limits and distancing in all restaurants, lounges and smoking areas.
- Enhanced cleaning measures include new technology that alerts guests with an on-screen notification of the exact time the slot machine was last sanitized. The new Automated Game Sanitization system also notifies the casino cleaning staff when a guest finishes playing on a machine so the slot machine can be cleaned.
- To maintain the highest air standards, HVAC air changeover levels will be maintained at significantly greater capacity, and will exceed those required by the standard commercial code.
- Additional cleaning measures include increased touchless hand sanitizer dispensers placed at every guest entry point and throughout the properties, including at table games, slot machines, and every registration desk.
The health and safety plan was developed in consultation with public health experts, Oneida and Madison County officials and incorporates input from discussions with the National Indian Gaming Commission and the New York State Gaming Commission.
For more information about entertainment and hospitality offerings and new health guidelines in Phase 1 of the Oneida Indian Nation’s reopening plan, interested parties are invited to review the Oneida Indian Nation’s full safety plan Safer Together HERE.
