Some employees of The Spokesman-Review who are staying at the hotel as they report on the Gonzaga men’s and women’s basketball teams received notices along with fans on Sunday night warning against using the shower. Sources include showers, hot tubs, faucets, cooling towers, misters and decorative fountains. Legionnaires’ disease is spread when people inhale aerosol droplets of water that are contaminated with the bacteria, according to the health district. “Throughout the remediation process the Health District will monitor additional water sampling of the hotel’s water system to determine if Legionella are present and to ensure the disinfection efforts are effective.” “To help prevent additional people from becoming sick the hotel has begun implementing remediation procedures and a protective water management plan,” the district said in the news release.
The Southern Nevada Health District issued a news release on Saturday saying that tests conducted weeks ago were positive for the Legionella bacterium in the Orleans Hotel water system. The confirmed cases include one in December 2022 and another in January 2023.
Some Gonzaga fans staying at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the West Coast Conference basketball tournament received notices that the hotel’s water system recently tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease.
