Rivers Casino Philadelphia Is Screening Patrons For Weapons
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Rivers Casino Philadelphia installed metal detectors in February. The devices are required at the 16 casinos in Pennsylvania for anyone entering to pass a staffed security checkpoint. Metal detectors are not common for gaming facilities. Rivers Philadelphia and Valley Forge Casino Resort had local public input hearings this week on their periodic license renewals.
Rivers Pittsburgh installed metal detectors as a precautionary measure. The area around the casino was blighted before the 2010 opening of the Sugarhouse casino. Most guests are satisfied with the safety measures. There is a ban on indoor smoking at the Rivers Pittsburgh casino for the time being. The gaming board took no action on the license renewals of Rivers and Valley Forge. It is required every five years. In Las Vegas, a discreet weapon-sensing radar scanner was being tested at Westgate Las Vellas Resort and Casino. They are not normally used in casinos. A man with 20 guns shot and killed 60 people in Mandalay Bay on October 1, 2017.
