Customers not yet flocking back to full capacity businesses

Non-essential businesses that can now operate at full capacity, aren’t necessarily seeing droves of customers coming back.

Non-essential businesses that can now operate at full capacity, aren’t necessarily seeing droves of customers coming back.

As of Monday, capacity restrictions have been lifted on casinos, restaurants, salons, gyms and other locations where proof of vaccination is required.

At Gateway Casinos in London, spokesperson Rob Mitchell tells CTV News, staff worked through the night to have the site ready. And judging by the number of cars in the parking lot it looked like a banner day.

But one customer who had been inside described it as “slow.” She chalked it up to less disposable income due to the pandemic.

“Money is tight and everything is more expensive,” she said. “The grocery stores. Everywhere. More money. More money.”

London’s mayor applauds the province for taking a cautious approach in lifting restrictions.

“From my standpoint, that means that these plans are also aspirational because if we don’t reach these targets, any decision to delay certain segments of our economy from opening up, I would say look no further than the unvaccinated.”