((richard broome/caesars entertainment corp: "even if the main power gets cut you have back up generators just for that purpose and that didn't work so we're going to be working closely with the county and local officials to make sure we have a back up system is functional when the main power goes down." )) ((mauricio marin)) however...clark county building inspectors say emergency lights did work---using battery power. ((samuel palmer/clark "emergency lighting system performed very well. the battery packs only last about 45 minutes to an hour. but the emergency systems along with the suppression systems did perform very well." )) ((mauricio marin)) once the lights came back on---battery packs were re-energized before guests were let back inside. ((elaine mckenzie/paris hotel guest: "at our age we've been though a lot so this is not a big deal." )) ((mauricio marin)) elaine and gary are just glad they were able to go a day without their medicine left in the room. ((elaine mckenzie/paris hotel guest: 'that's the first thing we did when we got back we came ant got our deodorant and now gonn

((richard broome/caesars entertainment corp: "that's a question alot of us are asking ourselves and i just say thank goodness that didn't happen. but we don't know at this point exactly what happened down there but we're 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 they're 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. they're 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. they've set up a hotline. we have that number on las-vegas-now- dot-com./// ((denise valdez)) >>> time is running out. early voting ends in just under an hour at most polling places. so far... out of the one million county, about 450-thousand have voted. 8 new now reporter karen ca

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 haven't even begin to calcuate them because it's been all about getting the power restored and taking care of our customers." )) ((mauricio marin)) metro police for helping during the ordeal. firefighters had to rescue 11 people from elevators that got stuck. clark county fire had 55 firefighters on site. they checked every floor and room to make sure everyone got out once the evacuation orders were given. ((mauricio marin)) >> one of the things they're looking at is why the back up power didn't go on as it should have when the main power line was cut. we're looking into that coming up on 8 news now at 5. reporting live...mauricio marin. 8 news now. ((christianne klein)) >> mauri employees? we saw alot of folks showing up for work? what role were they playing to help guests out? ((mauricio marin)) >> as you can imagine it was an ordeal to help get guests to other hotels with a busy week like