Wynn Resorts CEO calls for Las Vegas Strip to conditionally reopen in mid- to late May

FILE PHOTO: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak speaks on the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas Strip mass shooting during a forum held by gun safety organizations the Giffords group and March For Our Lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

(Reuters) - Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer Matt Maddox on Sunday called on the Nevada governor to begin to reopen the Las Vegas Strip in mid- to late May with extensive safety measures in place, assuming the state is in line with certain benchmarks around the spread of the coronavirus.

In an opinion column published on the Nevada Independent news website, Maddox said Governor Steve Sisolak should reopen parts of the local economy in early May.