![]() You would have thought Tahoe had burned to the ground and the lake was going to have an environmental impact for years to come,” Barbaro said in early October. Hard Rock Lake Tahoe Executive Director of Marketing Eric Barbaro said national headlines and images circulated during the fire “sensationalized” the effect on the Tahoe region. In reality, the Caldor Fire, which consumed nearly 222,000 acres over a two-month period, never got closer than five miles from the city of South Lake Tahoe, which neighbors the Nevada community of Stateline. But they feared images of the blaze could fuel a misperception by customers that Northern Nevada’s picturesque gaming community was going up in flames. South Lake Tahoe casino operators knew the shutdown was temporary. Gaming operations, which are normally crowded during the busy Labor Day weekend, were shut down for six days. The largest blaze, the Caldor Fire, produced heavy smoke that substantially reduced air quality and induced highway closures that halted visitation from Northern California customers. ![]() Northern California wildfires wiped away several weeks’ worth of business from casinos in South Lake Tahoe. ![]()
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