Rising Star Casino Resort in Rising Sun alerted state officials on Friday that it is laying off 407 workers as part of its closure under state actions to try to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The Indiana Gaming Commission ordered Rising Star and other Indiana casinos to close on March 16. Rising Star said it also closed its hotel, dining, golf and other amenities at that time.
As a result, the company said it will terminate its casino, restaurant and hotel employees on Tuesday. It will keep 36 “essential team employees who will continue working on operations until such time we may reopen,” the company said in a required layoff notice to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The company said that “should the Rising Star reopen in the near future, we anticipate we will have positions for which most of our current employees may apply.”
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