{"id":17504,"date":"2021-05-04T14:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17504"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:51:06","slug":"crown-perth-forced-to-close-again-until-at-least-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-perth-forced-to-close-again-until-at-least-may-8","title":{"rendered":"Crown Perth forced to close again until at least May 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just 48 hours after Crown Perth reopened after a snap five-day lockdown, authorities have imposed restrictions again due to new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Less than 48 hours\u00a0after <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-perth-extends-closure-until-may-1\">Crown Perth<\/a>\u00a0reopened from a snap five-day lockdown on Saturday, the casino has been <strong>forced to close its gaming floor again<\/strong> following a decision by the Western Australian Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gaming floor will remain closed until at least May 8. Bars, restaurants, hotel accommodation, spa, events and conferencing facilities\u00a0<strong>will remain open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Western Australia announced <strong>new measures after three cases of Covid-19 were detected in Perth<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public venues, including community centres, galleries, museums and\u00a0<strong>recreation centres can open with social distancing rules<\/strong>\u00a0as well as certain indoor and outdoor entertainment venues including theatres, cinemas, and concert halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nightclubs, stadiums and\u00a0<strong>casino gaming floors will be closed<\/strong>\u00a0until at least 12.01am on Saturday 8 May. The use of a facemask is mandatory inside and outside in public locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown Perth said: &#8220;The safety of our guests, our employees and our community is the<strong>\u00a0number one priority at Crown Perth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In line with Western Australian Government health directives, <strong>Crown Perth\u2019s casino will be closed<\/strong>\u00a0from 12.30pm Sunday May 2nd 2021 until further notice. Our hotels will continue to operate in a reduced capacity&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WA Relationships Australia has recently called on Western Australia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Royal Commission<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>probe\u00a0<\/strong>into<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-support-service-wants-crown-perth-opening-hours-reduced\">Crown Perth<\/a><strong>\u00a0to reduce the casino\u2019s opening hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 48 hours after Crown Perth reopened after a snap five-day lockdown, authorities have imposed restrictions again due to new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17514,"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 Perth's gaming floor has been mandated to close again by the Western Australian Government until at least May 8th, less than 48 hours after reopening, due to new COVID-19 cases. This operational disruption impacts the integrated resort's gaming revenue streams, while other hospitality facilities remain open with reduced capacity. The closure occurs amidst an ongoing Royal Commission probe into Crown Perth, which has already seen calls for reduced operating hours.","focusai_entities":"Crown Perth, Western Australian Government, WA Relationships Australia","focusai_location":"Australia, Perth, Western Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated daily Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact of Crown Perth's gaming floor closure, and how does this affect the integrated resort's Q2 financial projections?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might the Western Australian Government's swift imposition of operational restrictions, coupled with the Royal Commission's ongoing recommendations, influence future B2C licensing and governance frameworks for integrated resorts in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[20215,23907],"class_list":["post-17504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-perth","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17504","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=17504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17526,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17504\/revisions\/17526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}