Yesterday the axe fell on MGM Resorts International‘s sports and entertainment division with the announcement that all shows and events scheduled between now and August 31 were canceled. Worse still, any support personnel for shows canceled after August 31 would be pink-slipped. Quoth the Lion, “MGM Employees who were not recalled on or before August 31, 2020 will be separated from the company on that date and it now looks like that will unfortunately include the large majority of our employees working in our [sports and entertainment] division. We remain committed to reopening all of our entertainment venues when it is safe to do so and our plan is to call back as many of the division’s employees as possible, as quickly as we can. The decision … will continue to be driven by health and safety mandates and guidelines established by government agencies and by business demand.” (emphasis added)
