Lake Tahoe Casinos
As of January 12, the region of California that covers the Tahoe area improved to the Purple Tier of COVID-19 restrictions, meaning that lodging providers such as hotels and motels can provide rooms, retail shops can operate at 25% of capacity and grocery stores at 50% of capacity, restaurants can offer outdoor dining in addition to take-out orders and wineries and tasting rooms can conduct outdoor service. The State of California travel advisory discourages non-essential travel but does allow for tourism or recreational travel within the state that is within 120 miles of home. And this also allows for the Tahoe ski areas to conduct operations this winter. Additionally, California’s statewide mask mandate is still in effect. Photo at left: Pixabay.
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On the Nevada side, the governor has again extended the time period of the pandemic restrictions, and they are now scheduled to be in place through February 10, at which time they will be re-evaluated. The protocols that were first introduced in November as a three-week pause include the requirement to wear a mask whenever you are in public as well as whenever around anyone not from your own household, and that includes both indoors and outdoors. Private gatherings are limited to no more than 10 people, no more than two households, and public gatherings are restricted to 25 people or 25% of the facility's maximum capacity, included for religious organizations. Restaurants are restricted to 25% of capacity, and a maximum of four people can be seated at any table. Additionally, many dining establishments require advance reservations. At facilities for dance or fitness, numbers are reduced to 25% capacity and masks must be worn, even while exercising or performing strenuous activity. Other businesses or activities are also restricted to 25% of capacity, such as museums, bowling alleys, libraries, galleries, arcades and even those most famous of Nevada gathering spots, casinos. 25% is also the cap for businesses such as barbershops, hair salons, nail salons, tattoo and piercing shops and massage parlors. Photo at right: Pixabay, Rudy and Peter Skittarians.
Restaurants
The restaurants on the California side of the Tahoe region, including bars and breweries that also offer food, are now limited to outdoor operations only, which can include delivery and curbside service. On the Nevada side of the lake, restaurants are open for indoor dining with a cap of 25% of capacity and with a maximum party size of four people at a table. Bars and breweries are closed, but drinks can be served at the table with your meal. Delivery or curbside pick-up still remain good options for dining on both sides of the Tahoe area. Photo at left: Pixabay, Chien Than.
Shops
Retail shops are allowed to be open for in-store shopping, but the number of people allowed inside the stores is drastically reduced. In California, they can operate at 25% of capacity, in Nevada at 50%. Social distancing and caution while shopping are still the guidelines by which to operate, along with 6-foot distancing, and face covers are required for everyone including employees and customers.
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Ski resorts on both sides of the California/Nevada border are allowed to operate under modified restrictions such as no on-site food and beverage service. In California, venues such as movie theaters are closed. In Nevada, similar venues are allowed to operate at 25% of maximum capacity, whether based indoors or outdoors. Photo at right: Pixabay, Oleksandr Pyrohov.
Casinos
On the Nevada side of the lake, the casinos continue to operate under restrictions mandating that the number of people be limited to no more than 25% of the maximum capacity of the business, with strict limits on how many people can be playing at any given card table or table game and social-distancing practices such as keeping every other slot or video game vacant. Surfaces of the machines and common areas are sanitized on a rigorous schedule as are the dice, chips and other tools of the trade. Hand-sanitizing stations abound, and everyone is required to wear a mask. Some gaming establishments have temperature screening for all guests and employees.
Hotels, Motels, Inns and Campgrounds
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Lodging providers in the California part of the Tahoe area can once again provide rooms for travelers. Outdoor fitness areas at hotels can operate with modifications, but indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas and such are not allowed to be open. In Nevada, businesses are allowed to provide lodging for leisure travel with health and safety protocols in place. Photo at right: Wikimedia Commons, Jim G.
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Both the California and the Nevada sides of Lake Tahoe are open for leisure and tourism travel (on the California side, this applies if the travel is within 120 miles from home), so the vacation-rental market should be opening back up. But in California, anyone arriving in the state on non-essential travel is requested to self-quarantine for 10 days.