The mostly young crowd naturally spent time on their cellphones - which could have had either the FanDuel Sportsbook app or one for the more than a dozen other legal, regulated sportsbooks in the state, among them DraftKings, BetMGM, PointsBet, and William Hill. But even for that period of only a minute or two, mask usage was satisfactory, though the distancing fell short. The one “break in the chain” came after getting through the metal detectors and before getting inside the sportsbook. Two masked-up New Jersey state troopers stood watch to ensure that mask usage and social distancing was up to snuff. A canopy covers gamblers lined up to place their Sunday bets in personįrom there, the line continued by snaking through the former dining area until one of six teller windows opened up. That included standing in a socially distanced line outside that formed under a canopy, with COVID questionnaires filled out, followed by a temperature check and then eventually a walk through a metal detector.

and was determined to place wagers with a teller had to wait 55 minutes to do so. Meanwhile, a visitor on Sunday who arrived around the early kickoffs at 1 p.m. “During this shutdown, we did floor-to-ceiling sanitizing and installed stand-alone air filtration units in our smaller areas because we wanted to be proactive and get ahead of this.”įor instance, the FanDuel Sportsbook - which had limited, socially distanced dining and drinking on the opening Monday night of the NFL season - had no seating available for the just-completed Week 5 Sunday games. “After a few more positives (most of which were from asymptomatic people), we decided to remain closed based on the recommendation of our medical team. “We decided to temporarily close down and do mandatory COVID-19 testing on all staff,” Ryan added. “We immediately did contract tracing and quarantined those with close contact with this staff member. “We had an employee that attended a wedding in upstate New York test positive after not feeling well,” track spokeswoman Rachel Ryan told NJ Online Gambling. The Meadowlands Racetrack reopened to the public on Saturday morning after an 11-day, COVID-19-related break.

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