{"id":556,"date":"2020-03-17T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=556"},"modified":"2020-03-17T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:13:15","slug":"quapaw-nation-oklahoma-kansas-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/03\/17\/quapaw-nation-oklahoma-kansas-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Quapaw Nation (Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri) UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Note: The Quapaw Nation has closed both of its Indian gaming facilities. Both news alerts are posted below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NEWS ALERT<br \/>\nMarch 17, 2020<\/p>\n<p><b>Quapaw Nation\u2019s Two Oklahoma Casinos to Close During Key COVID-19 Period<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-567\" class=\"wp-image-567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/downstreamcasinoresort.jpg\" alt=\"Downstream Casino Resort\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/downstreamcasinoresort.jpg 960w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/downstreamcasinoresort-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/downstreamcasinoresort-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Quapaw Nation owns and operates the Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Photo: Downstream Casino Resort<\/p><\/div>\n<p>QUAPAW, Okla. (March 17, 2020) &#8212; Downstream Casino Resort, and Quapaw Casino will cease all operations beginning at midnight tonight and lasting through April 2, to be certain it is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur resort guests, our employees and their families, and the general public\u2019s health and well being are our top priorities right now,\u201d said Quapaw Nation Chairman John L. Berrey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By order of the Quapaw Nation Business Committee, the Nation\u2019s Oklahoma casino properties &#8212; two casinos, two hotels and all associated restaurants will all shut down for the 15-day period. Hotel guests who were already registered at Downstream at the time of this writing will be able to remain until 12pm tomorrow, March 18. Downstream\u2019s Q-Store, a convenience store and gas station about 1\/3 mile from the casino, in Missouri, will remain open.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Details of the shutdown are being determined with input from state and federal agencies. Downstream opened in July, 2008, and employs about 1,100 workers.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>NEWS ALERT<br \/>\nMarch 17, 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Downstream Casino Resort Closes During Key COVID-19 Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>QUAPAW, Okla. (March 17, 2020) &#8212; Downstream Casino Resort will cease all operations beginning at midnight tonight and lasting through April 2, to be certain it is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur resort guests, our employees and their families, and the general public\u2019s health and well being are our top priorities right now,\u201d said Quapaw Nation Chairman John L. Berrey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The resort\u2019s casino, two hotels and restaurants will all shut down for the period. Hotel guests who were already registered at the time of this writing will be able to remain until 12pm tomorrow, March 18. The resort\u2019s Q-Store, a convenience store and gas station about 1\/3 mile from the casino, will remain open.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Details of the shutdown are being determined with input from state and federal agencies. Downstream opened in July, 2008, and employs about 1,100 workers.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: The Quapaw Nation has closed both of its Indian gaming facilities. Both news alerts are posted below. NEWS ALERT March 17, 2020 Quapaw Nation\u2019s Two Oklahoma Casinos to Close During Key COVID-19 Period QUAPAW, Okla. (March 17, 2020) &#8212; Downstream Casino Resort, and Quapaw Casino will cease all operations beginning at midnight tonight and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39,40,19],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tribes","tag-kansas","tag-missouri","tag-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}