Once inside the glass doors, masks were removed for a couple of seconds while a machine checked temperatures as long as the customer got a reading of under 100.4 degrees, it was on to the casino floor for something resembling the standard Parx experience, albeit in a more sterilized environment - both in terms of the cleanliness and the outward displays of gaming-floor enthusiasm.
Customers entered one at a time, each wearing a facial covering as mandated, spread out at least six feet in line, with markers on the ground indicating where to stand. Of course, “letting them in” came with a few COVID-19-related hurdles. The hours of operation were to begin at 9 a.m., but patrons started showing up early and Parx started letting them in so they wouldn’t have to stand outside on a hot summer morning. The top-earning casino in Pennsylvania, Parx Casino in Bensalem, welcomed gamblers for the first time in 3½ months on Monday morning, opening its doors almost an hour earlier than it was scheduled to.
