Tourists from Sacramento, Calif. wait outside the Paris Las Vegas after a temporary power outage Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. The group had just arrived at the hotel when they had to be evacuated, they said.
Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 | 9:27 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 | 10 p.m.
Power had been restored at Paris Las Vegas Thursday night following an outage that led to an evacuation, a Caesars Entertainment spokeswoman said about 9:45 p.m.
About 30 minutes earlier, Metro Police announced that officers and firefighters were helping people exit the Las Vegas Strip property.
"This is an ongoing event, and every effort is being taken to restore power and there are no major injuries to report," police said in a news release, noting that its officers were helping the Clark County Fire Department.
Fire officials later said the outage occurred shortly after 7 p.m., trapping several guests they had to rescue from six elevators. No one was injured.
Patrons from the casino were escorted out, while hotel guests were allowed to remain in their rooms, fire officials said.
Caesars Entertainment, Paris’ parent company, doesn’t contract with NV Energy, which wasn’t reporting any outages Thursday night.
In 2017, Caesars paid more than $47 million to leave the power company and began buying its power from Tenaska Power Services of Arlington, Texas.
"The health and safety of our guests and team members is a top priority," the Caesars spokeswoman said in an email statement, thanking first responders and NV Energy.
It wasn’t immediately clear how widespread the Paris outage was, but an outage four years ago left the property pitch black for about 20 hours.
During that time, on Nov. 3, 2016, about 3,000 guests and gamblers were forced out of the casino floor and hotel.
That outage was caused by damage to an electrical line in the basement during routine maintenance. About a dozen people had to be rescued from elevators, but no one required hospitalization.
Twelve years earlier, a blackout at the nearby Bellagio, which went on for three days, led to a loss of millions of dollars.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
