The strip with more on how theyre dealing with the a big inconvenience. Shakala Alvaranga dave and denise, inside crews are working around the clock to restore everything. But in the meantime, no guests will be allowed in their rooms until the fire chief gives the all clear. Its frustrating for us but its much more frustrating for our customers who have spent good money to spend the night in paris and are not able to do it. Shakala Alvaranga the mishap forced thousands to evacuate and trapped others. We have rescued 11 people from 5 different elevators shafts. Shakala Alvaranga behind the hotel, employees were seen climbing flights of stairs. Just cut off. Check the hallway. All the lights is off. First time this happen after so many years that ive been working here. It was really kind of. Scary. Shakala Alvaranga guests were sent to neighboring hotelin planet hollywood. I can go down the strip and i can drink and i can celebrate but id like to get back in and relax. Shakala Alvaranga
And they know it was tough for guests. Theyre working to make it right. As you can see its hustling and bustling again at paris hotel and casino. It was a different sight this time yesterday. Hotel guests made their way back to the hotel today after 3thousand people were evacuated. Many had to stay at other hotels because the power didnt come back on until close to midnight. Paris hotel manangement tell us theyre focus today is working with guests displaced. Paying for any missed flights, mailing had to leave town, and also offering up two free nights stays beyond any rooms they comped last night. Gaming experts estimate paris could have lost about 1point8 Million Dollars having the casino shut down. And there are likely even more losses because of the massive power outage. Richard Broome Caesars Entertainment corporation there will be considerable costs associated with this event but we havent even begin to calcuate them because its been all about getting the power restored and taking
Guests who were inconvenienced. At the same time. Theyre working to make sure this doesnt happen again. Elaine Mckenzie paris hotel guest it was our 54th wedding anniversary and itll be very memorable. Mauricio Marin elaine and her husband gary had hoped to see the Las Vegas Lights shine bright for their weddning anniversary. But when the power went out at paris. They were just thankful they came out ok. Elaine Mckenzie paris hotel guest alot of people were stuck upstairs and we are on the 30th floor we would not have been able to walk those stairs. Mauricio Marin other guests say the black out caused panic. At paris these places are supposed to have back up generators. Mauricio Marin even as the hotel casino works to get back to normal operation leaders with Caesars Entertainment corporation which owns the paris admit something went wrong. Richard Broome Caesars Entertainment corp even if the main power gets cut you have back up generators just for that purpose and that didnt work so
Pelley this is our western edition. Were heading into the final and longest weekend of the campaign, one hour longer as Daylight Saving time ends. It is now a race against the clock now for Hillary Clinton and donald trump to get every last supporter to vote. Among the 13 battleground states that will decide the election tuesday, clinton is leading in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, and virginia. But other es victory are now neck and neck. They include florida, North Carolina, and colorado. Trump has a lead in ohio. Well begin tonight with nancy cordes covering the clinton campaign. Now, do we want a president who doesnt know when to shut up . Reporter it was two against one in pittsburgh today, with clinton and billionaire mark cuban both pelting trumps lack of filter. And ill tell you, some of what i heard coming from my opponent, it was really hard not reporter as they spoke, the campaigns massive, longplanned getoutthevote effort was kicking into gear across the country. It is t
Entertainment corporation which owns the paris tell us a contractor doing work accidently cut the main power line. And some are wondering how workers managed to get away without getting electrocuted. Richard Broome Caesars Entertainment corp thats a question alot of us are asking ourselves and i just say thank goodness that didnt happen. But we dont know at this point exactly what happened down there but were trying to get to the bottom of it and the good news is no one was injured. Mauricio Marin as for elaine and gary. It was inconvenient. But theyre glad they had each other to get through it. Elaine Mckenzie staying at paris so this is not a big deal. Mauricio Marin Mauricio Marin. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier paris hotel and casino workers have been working to make things right with guests. Theyre offering two free nights for the power outage inconvenience. The paris is also reimbursing guests for costs associated with the black out on a case by case basis. Theyve set up a hotline.