'Since we reopened, business has been terrific.'ĭaily housekeeping of casino hotel rooms has become another casualty of the pandemic in some places. 'People were fed up with being cooped up and came pouring back to the casinos, particularly when we did these things,' he said. 'What we did - and we may need to do it again - is when we were shut, we put in every possible type of health and safety screening you could do,' including hand sanitizers and barriers between player positions at table games, measures that were commonly adapted at casinos across the country.Ĭordish said those expenses paid off handsomely once the casinos were allowed to reopen in mid 2020. Being closed for months was horrendous for employees. 'We have not gone back to buffets,' he said. Hard Rock spends $100M to raise pay for non-tipped staffĭavid Cordish, chairman of the Cordish Companies, which operates casinos in Pennsylvania, Florida and Maryland, said the pandemic offered his business an opportunity 'to tighten the ship.'.States have differing rules and health guidance that the company follows, Allen said.

Some of Hard Rock's casinos in other states, including Florida, offer buffets while others do not. The conference was held in the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, whose buffet is still operating.

Hard rock casino buffet atlantic city