Past performers: Iconic songwriter/pianist Billy Joel opened the venue in 2009. It has also been nominated for multiple concert industry awards from concert industry publisher Pollstar and the International Entertainment Buyers Association. Of note: In this theater, no seat is more than 125 feet from the stage. Here’s a sampling of what each complex offers and has on the schedule for ticketed events: Southern California casinos have multiple venues that attract big-name performers - like the Police frontman Sting and country heavy hitters Paisley and Toby Keith - as well as televised boxing and MMA events and global superstars whose audiences fly from around the world to see them.Īll genres of music and entertainment fill the theaters, ballrooms and event centers at Southern California casinos. Push away the idea of casino entertainment as aging B-listers playing a smoke-filled cabaret room.

When Pechanga Resort & Casino opened its new events center Pechanga Summit earlier this year, the resort booked celebs such as comedian Adam Sandler and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler to perform. In late July, country superstar Brad Paisley played Honda Center in Anaheim and Mattress Firm Amphitheatre in Chula Vista - two massive Southern California venues that host tens of thousands of fans.īut less than two weeks after those shows, Paisley played an intimate gig at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa’s 2,101-capacity theater The Show in Rancho Mirage.

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