“Starting immediately, we will initiate an orderly departure for our in-house guests over the next 48 hours,” the statement said, adding the Cosmopolitan “will continue to offer full pay and benefits to full-time and eligible employees” through March 31. Management said in a statement Monday night that “the health and safety of our guests and employees is always our primary focus,” so it decided “to temporarily cease all operations” as of 6 p.m. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is temporarily closing, the latest hotel-casino on the Strip to shut down over fears of the spreading coronavirus. Aerial photo of the Cosmopolitan hotel casino as seen on Friday, January 24, 2020.
