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September
11 - 17, 2001
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Volume
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This Issue Gaming
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Thousands
Stranded in Las Vegas
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/Las Vegas Sun/ - LAS VEGAS, NV - After Tuesday's devastating terrorist attacks on the U.S., casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip remain in operation to serve the tens of thousands that were stranded when McCarran International Airport was ordered closed. However, the 110-story Stratosphere tower, the 50-story Eiffel Tower and The Forum Shops retail mall at Caesars Palace were all closed for security reasons. "We're talking hundreds of thousands of people stranded here," says Tim Donovan, head of security at the Monte Carlo Hotel Casino and president of the Las Vegas Security Chiefs Association. "Hoover Dam (the main route into Arizona) is shut down. We have a responsibility to all these people stuck here." Alan Feldman, spokesman for MGM Mirage, says that casino security measures have been on the increase ever since the Gulf War in 1991. "We find ourselves today operating at a different level of normal security than we were 10 years ago," says Feldman, who says that guards have now been posted at loading docks to search all deliveries and check unattended bags. Contingency plans are in place to deal with potential attacks, but Feldman admits, "In a free and open society, you can only plan so much when it comes to a terrorist attack. All of us, up and down the Strip, all have disaster plans, whether it's a meteor, a fire, an earthquake or a terrorist attack, (but) terrorist attacks can't be prevented." |
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