Philippines Casinos to Operate at 50 Percent Capacity Through 2021

Philippines casinos across the Southeast Asia country will be limited to operating at 50 percent capacity through the end of the year.

The Philippines government announced this week that its national COVID-19 Alert Level 2 will remain in place until at least 2022. Such a pandemic response stage allows casinos to operate, but only at a maximum of 50 percent capacity of their resort’s fire code.

The 50 percent cap applies to casinos’ other resort amenities, including meeting and event spaces, gyms, salons, restaurants and bars, and nightclubs. Outdoor venues such as pool complexes are permitted to operate at 70 percent capacity.

The Philippines lowered the nationwide alert level from three to two on November 5. That was the result of the Philippines seemingly being able to get its spike of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations under control in late September.

iGaming Lifeline
COVID-19 rendered Manila’s four commercial integrated resort casinos lifeless for much of 2020 and through this year. City of Dreams, Okada, Solaire, and Resorts World have struggled to occupy their gaming floors because of government-ordered operating restrictions and international travel limitations.

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