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Las Vegas Karaoke Bar Seeks the Right to Reopen during the Pandemic

A Las Vegas karaoke bar has filed a lawsuit against Nevada’s COVID-19 task force and others, seeking a restraining order that would allow the bar to reopen.To get more news about Melbourne City Karaoke, you can visit starsktv.com.au official website.

Cat’s Meow of Las Vegas filed its complaint in federal court last week, claiming the COVID-19 mitigation restrictions put in place by the city and state unfairly target nightclubs when similar businesses have been allowed to reopen.

According to News3LV, the local NBC affiliate, the owners of the downtown bar argue the current guidance on closures — part of the state’s “Roadmap to Recovery” reopening plan — are discriminatory when it comes to karaoke bars, but not karaoke venues.Because Cat’s Meow is required to hold a “nightclub” license, the state guidance says the karaoke bar is not allowed to reopen, News3LV reported.

Cat’s Meow also operates a location in New Orleans, according to Eater.

The list of defendants touches nearly every corner of government in Nevada: the state’s COVID-19 task force, Gov. Steve Sisolak, Attorney General Aaron Ford, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, the city of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas Department of Public Planning and director Robert Summerfield, and COVID-19 task force response director Caleb Cage.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sisolak declared a state of emergency in Nevada on March 12, according to the karaoke bar lawsuit. Five days later, he announced the steps the state would take to try to stop the rampant spread of the pandemic, including the closure of nonessential businesses.

On March 20, the governor issued “Emergency Regulations” to distinguish between essential and nonessential businesses, the lawsuit states. Among the businesses defined as nonessential were live entertainment venues, restaurants with only in-house dining options, bars, nightclubs, and others.Sisolak unveiled the state’s reopening plan in late April, revising it days later to permit restaurants and bars licensed to serve food to provide on-site dining as long as social distancing could be maintained, the karaoke bar lawsuit says. Nightclubs and entertainment venues were not allowed to open at that point.

At the end of May, more businesses were allowed to reopen, including bars and breweries not licensed to serve food.

But nightclubs still were not allowed to reopen, the lawsuit states.

The state’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Task Force was established in August, at the same time a new recovery plan was put in place. Sisolak delegated the authority to enforce the provisions of the new plan to the task force, according to the karaoke bar lawsuit.

In September, under the new guidance, Sisolak issued an order that “did not supercede the prohibition on nightclubs opening found” in one of his previous orders, and “specifically excluded from the prohibition ‘ambient music to create or enhance a mood or atmosphere that is incidental or ancillary to the activity or location.’”