“This is a 180-degree turnaround,” he said.

Jim Allen, president of Hard Rock International, said that as of Tuesday morning, the company still planned to reopen its Atlantic City casino Thursday but that no final decision had been made. The Resorts and Ocean casinos said they will reopen Thursday as planned.

On Tuesday, casino executives huddled in staff meetings, looking for more information and trying to decide whether it made sense to reopen at all.

New Jersey shopping malls can reopen at 50% capacity Monday.

New Jersey indefinitely postpones plans to resume indoor dining.

Borgata staying closed following postponement of indoor dining in New Jersey.

Instead, it will wait until conditions are more favorable. The top-performing casino, the Borgata, almost immediately folded what it saw as a losing hand, announcing it was scrapping its reopening plans for the immediate future. But that was before they knew they could not let their customers smoke, drink alcohol or anything else, or eat inside the casinos. Many casinos had planned to reopen Thursday, the first day the state will let them. “I really don't even think they should open.

“No booze? No one's coming,” said Bob McDevitt, president of a casino employees union.

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