E koho nā mea kuleana o Wynn Resorts i kēia lā ma kahi noi e hana a hoʻolaha i kahi hōʻike e hōʻike ana i nā pōmaikaʻi kālā o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kulekele uahi ʻole i loko o kāna mau casinos. I ka kali ʻana i ke koho balota, ua hoʻopuka nā limahana o Wynn i kahi wikiō e koi ana i ka hui casino e loiloi i nā pono o ka neʻe ʻana i kahi kulekele ea i loko o ka uahi ʻole.
"ʻO nā hoʻopiʻi maʻamau aʻu i lohe pono ai mai nā malihini e pili ana i ko lākou huhū i nā cigakeke, cigars, a me nā vapes," wahi a Kanie Kasroll, ka mea kūʻai aku no Wynn Resorts, ma ke wikiō. "ʻO ka mea hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo inā ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi he kokoke i ka 90% o ka poʻe ʻaʻole i puhi ʻia, no ke aha e pono ai e hoʻokau ʻia kēia hapa nui o nā limahana a me nā malihini i ka uahi lua o ka 10% hapa? Ua loaʻa iā Wynn Resorts ka pāʻani puhi ʻole ma Boston Encore, a ke noi nei ʻo ia i kahi casino uahi ʻole ma New York City.
I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hoʻoholo nā mea kuleana o Penn Entertainment, Boyd Gaming, a me Caesars Entertainment i kā lākou mau koho ma nā noi e noi ana i nā noiʻi like e loiloi i nā pono waiwai o nā kulekele ʻaʻohe uahi o loko.
Ma nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i hāʻawi ʻia iā Wynn, Penn, Boyd, a me Caesars, nā co-filers American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, Trinity Health, and School Sisters of Notre Dame Collective Investment Fund i kākau, "E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e nā mea noiʻi kūʻokoʻa ʻo C3 Gaming i ka nānā ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā ma nā mākeke hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū, nā casinos smokefree, no ka manawa mua, ʻaʻole i hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā mai nā ʻoihana he nui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā waiwai puhi paka ma mua o kā lākou mau hoa e hoʻomau nei i ka ʻae ʻana i ka puhi paka…' ʻAʻohe alakaʻi i ka poʻe kuleana e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai a kā mākou ʻoihana e hoʻomau nei i ka ʻae ʻana i ka ulaula i loko o ka hale.
"ʻAʻole pili wale kā mākou noi i ke olakino o nā limahana, ʻoiai he mea make ka uahi lua no nā limahana casino," wahi a Cynthia Hallett, pelekikena a Luna Nui o American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF). "E pili ana hoʻi ia i ke kuleana kālā i kahi ʻano mea kūʻai aku e loli nei. Ma hope o COVID-19, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe casino e pāʻani i loko o kahi wahi palekana a ʻoluʻolu ʻole i piha i ka uahi a me nā kemika. He kuleana kālā nā hui casino e like me Wynn i kā lākou poʻe kuleana e noʻonoʻo i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu.
He limahana ko Wynn Resorts ma mua o 28,000 mau limahana ma waena o kāna mau hōkele honua ʻelima, me Wynn a me Encore Las Vegas, kahi e ʻae ʻia ai ka puhi paka ma nā papahele casino. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa, ʻo Encore Boston Harbor, nā waiwai ʻē aʻe o Wynn Resorts ʻAmelika, ʻaʻohe uahi. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻopuka ka hui i nā manaʻo e hoʻomohala i kahi keʻena uahi ʻole ma New York, me ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana he $13 biliona, e hōʻike ana ʻaʻole e keakea nā hana uahi ʻole i ka pōmaikaʻi kālā o Wynn.