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Liquor and gaming permits extended for Oasis

Las Vegas Gaming Wire

MESQUITE, Nevada -- The Mesquite City Council has extended the Oasis' liquor and gaming permits through July.

The continuance allows the property to keep its bars closed and run reduced hotel operations without losing its licenses.

The council granted a 180-day extension on Tuesday, beginning from Feb. 1, meaning the city permits now will run through July 31 before the hotel's owner, Black Gaming, will need to request another extension.

Black Gaming closed the Oasis' table game operations, company-owned restaurants and a nightclub Dec. 19, under a bank agreement that has been since updated three times. The current agreement is scheduled to expire today.

Marty Rapson, Black Gaming's vice president of marketing, said the extension gives the company more time to evaluate the property's options.

The extension doesn't mean the property will stay closed through July if demand returns before then.

"It's quite capable at any time, if demand is there, to reopen," Rapson said.

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