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As most of the rest of the state's dine-in restaurants and entertainment venues wait for the state to say they can reopen, some of Michigan's casinos are making plans to open their doors – including Battle Creek's FireKeepers Casino Hotel.

'People will wonder why we are going against the state order. We are not, we are just applying it a little differently,' said FireKeepers CEO Kathy George as the casino was prepping the grounds with new safety measures on Thursday, ahead of the official reopening on Monday.

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'The governors of many states have said certain business are essential to their government and to make their world work for them. As you know, any tribe is a sovereign nation and have their own government,' she said. 'Not that we hold any of those decisions against anybody, we have said we are an essential business to the tribe, the tribe needs the resources that are created through FireKeepers for the well being of the entire tribe.'

The Battle Creek casino is opening with several new safety procedures and guidelines to protect its customers and its employees. On Thursday, there were several training sessions going on. Employees had their temperatures taken as they arrived in the building and the casino floor was getting prepped for social distancing. There is a soft opening scheduled for this weekend by invitation only to test safety measures, with the general public allowed in starting at 11 a.m. Monday.

'We are always looking at how to take care of our employees and our guests,' George said. 'So we worked with the health department, the CDC and also some other casinos that have opened up in other parts of the country and asked what worked well, what didn't work well, what can we tweak. So we are at a point where we can keep our employees and our guests healthy and have some fun along the way.'

George added that there was an excitement level from staff and employees to be able to be one of the first venues to reopen and bring some form of normalcy back to Battle Creek.

'We are really excited to be able to bring back most of the employees off of furlough and be able to get ready to service the community and keep doing what we do,' George said. 'So the plan is, we are going to do things safely and keep everyone's health in mind. We are ready for everyone to come in and have some fun. I think people are ready to have some fun and I think they need it.'

Bill Broderick can be reached at bbroderi@battlecreekenquirer.com or 269-966-0678. Follow him on Twitter: @billbroderick

This article originally appeared on Battle Creek Enquirer: FireKeepers CEO: Casino reopening because 'we are an essential business to the tribe'

Some casinos in Michigan will shut down for three weeks beginning Wednesday due to a new statewide public health order.

FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek won't be among them.

FireKeepers is owned and operated by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi. As one of 24 American Indian tribal casinos in Michigan owned by federally recognized sovereign nations and governed by the National Indian Gaming Commission, they do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services order announced on Sunday.

Under the new order, all Michigan high schools must move to remote learning, indoor dining has been shut down and people are mandated to work from home unless it's impossible to do so until at least Dec. 9. The order, aimed at limiting indoor social gatherings that health officials say contribute to the spread of COVID-19, also temporarily shuts down Detroit's three casinos.

'FireKeepers focus, since our June 1 reopening, is the protection of our guests and our 1,800 team members,' FireKeepers CEO Kathy George said in a release on Monday. 'We reopened under strict protocols designed to ensure that FireKeepers' business operations are not contributing to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

'We are confident that the recent significant increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases is not being influenced by FireKeepers’ operations because of the mitigation steps we have taken and which we continue to rigorously enforce. As a critical infrastructure of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, FireKeepers will, for the time being, continue to operate under these strict protocols, but we will continue to vigilantly review these protocols in cooperation with health officials and the Tribe’s Gaming Regulators to determine if additional controls or actions are needed to support the effort to slow down the spread of this virus.'

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the virus that causes COVID-19 is primarily spread by respiratory droplets released when an infected person talks, coughs, or sneezes.

FireKeepers has added a number of protocols including limits on the number of customers to no more than 20% of building occupancy; a ban on smoking on the property; reducing the number of gaming positions; prohibiting patrons from gathering on the gaming floor; and the temporary elimination of valet parking, hand-dealt poker, bingo and buffet dining.

FireKeepers, which has 1,800 employees, voluntarily closed amid the first statewide shutdown from March 16 until June 1. It was recently announced the casino will close to the public on New Year's Eve, from 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 7 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021.

According to a report by the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, FireKeepers Casino Hotel has added $443 million in sales and $65 million in personal income to Calhoun County during the last decade.

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Nick Buckley can be reached at nbuckley@battlecreekenquirer.com or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter:@NickJBuckley

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This article originally appeared on Battle Creek Enquirer: FireKeepers Casino Hotel to remain open amid state public health order