On March 20, off-Strip Silverton casino in Las Vegas announced that over 600 workers have been furloughed.

Craig Cavileer, the CEO of the 300-room hotel-casino, explained that the Hyatt Place Las Vegas at Silverton Village will remain open. This 150-room Hyatt-branded non-gaming property opened last October, and operates an essential license business, allowing it to stay open under Governor Steve Sisolak’s executive order to shutter non-essential businesses.

The CEO explained in a statement, “Conforming with communications of the governor and other authorities as to essential and non-essential categories, we operate in both the gaming and non-gaming environment and the governor’s made it clear on how we operate in those circumstances.”

He added that all “mission-critical employees” will remain on the job. This includes security, surveillance staff, and a skeleton crew for operations. But with business down and safety top of mind, between 600 and 800 employees have been furloughed.