{"id":15332,"date":"2021-03-01T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15332"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:28:22","slug":"crown-melbourne-eases-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-melbourne-eases-covid-19-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"Crown Melbourne eases Covid-19 restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino will be able to operate under new rules following a relaxation of Covid-19 countermeasures by the Victorian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Crown Melbourne casino has returned to <strong>a 50 per cent capacity limit <\/strong>following a period with a tighter capacity of just 300 customers on the casino floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino will now allow no more than <strong>one person per four square metres<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mandatory wearing of face masks in most public spaces has also been rolled back in Victoria under the government&#8217;s latest announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical distancing and hygiene protocols at Crown Melbourne will remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week<strong> the state government of Victoria<\/strong> announced it would <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/royal-commission-to-probe-crown-melbourne-suitability\" target=\"_blank\">launch a royal commission<\/a><\/em> to decide if Crown Resorts is suitable to maintain its licence for its Melbourne casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino will be able to operate under new rules following a relaxation of Covid-19 countermeasures by the Victorian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Crown Melbourne has seen an increase in operational capacity following the Victorian government's relaxation of COVID-19 countermeasures. Concurrently, the state government has initiated a royal commission to assess Crown Resorts' suitability to retain its Melbourne casino license, introducing significant regulatory uncertainty amidst operational adjustments.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, Crown Resorts, Victorian government","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown's Financial Impact?","query":"What are the projected financial implications of the royal commission's potential findings on Crown Resorts' market valuation, future capital expenditure, and dividend policy?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might the outcomes of the Victorian royal commission influence the broader regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for integrated resorts across other Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[23825],"class_list":["post-15332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-crown-melbourne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15357,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15332\/revisions\/15357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}