“He was a very nice friend, just on the wrong side of right.”Boyd Gaming, which owns 10 locals-friendly casinos, has swept out its entertainment employees as part of company-wide layoffs this month.MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.The two most recently chatted over FaceTime on Lewis’s 80th birthday.The company re-opened all of its Las Vegas properties on June 4, with no live entertainment on the books.Garth Brooks is still booked to open Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 22. Boyd Gaming Corp. is permanently laying off at least 25% of its employees because of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the company said. It’s the longest of shots.“He wants to grow up and make a difference,” Morris wrote on the GoFundMe page, “He wants to be a congressman and follow in the footsteps of the late John Lewis. A Boyd spokesman did not say how many workers were involved in the layoffs, saying only that the move was companywide. "This was an extremely difficult decision and one we had hoped would not be necessary. A U.S. casino company with 29 properties in 10 states is laying off thousands of employees, citing a slow restart to business following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. B oyd Gaming, the owner and operator of 10 casinos in the Las Vegas valley, says that it has laid off at least 25 percent of its workforce in Nevada, amounting to at least 2,500 employees.
Boyd Gaming, which owns 10 locals-friendly casinos, has swept out its entertainment employees as part of company-wide layoffs this month. oyd Gaming, the owner and operator of 10 casinos in the Las Vegas valley, says that it has laid off at least 25 percent of its workforce in Nevada, amounting to at least 2,500 employees. Effective July 14, the Boyd … "While we have been able to reopen most of our properties since that time, we are still facing significant restrictions on our business," said company spokesman David Strow. ... the company said layoffs … A Boyd spokesman did not say how many workers were involved in the layoffs, saying only that the move was companywide. “While we are trying to be as transparent as possible with our team members, we cannot determine at this time exactly how many team members will be recalled to work, and how many will need to be laid off. Boyd Gaming confirmed the company would move forward with permanent layoffs to a portion of its workforce on Monday. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Boyd Gaming Corporation is laying off workers at its different properties across the country. Boyd Gaming has notified the state of hundreds of layoffs at Louisiana properties, records show.. Three Boyd Gaming properties in Las Vegas remain closed: Eastside Cannery, Main Street Station and the Eldorado casino.