For you rockers out there, former Runaway Lita Ford is on stage Aug. Little Big Town played there last week, with Jo Dee Messina coming up July 29. Hard Rock Sioux City has a more country-flavored lineup.

That’s how you know they’re a country singer.) (Translation for those not up on the lingo: A “hat” is a male country singer, because tradition apparently dictates they all wear cowboy hats. Now those last two are some genuine hats. (Maybe someday, instead of blackjack, dealers will be shuffling MAGIC: The Gathering cards.) On the other hand, the country singers playing the casino circuit are generally a lot more current, and some are more rising stars than fading stars.Īt Hard Rock Cincinnati, the band Kansas plays July 30, Boyz II Men on Aug.

There probably aren’t too many indie rock hipsters patronizing casinos.

You’ll notice something right away: This lineup is heavy with – how can we say this gently – rockers who were more famous in the ’70s and ’80s than they are now. 14 classic rockers Grand Funk Railroad on Dec. The country singer Tracy Lawrence will be there Oct. Further, let’s just look at the Hard Rock and Caesars locations that aren’t in exotic locales such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City but are in more “normal” kinds of places.Īt Hard Rock Biloxi, the heavy metal band Quiet Riot rocks out on Aug. To simplify things, let’s just look at other Hard Rock and Caesars casinos.

Instead, let’s look at the bills at other casinos. The same for Danville once its Caesars casino opens in 2024, as well.ĭon’t take my word on this. Once the casino in Bristol is fully built out – what’s there now is a temporary facility, the more formal Hard Rock Casino will come in 2024 – we are likely to see Bristol’s profile on the concert circuit rise much higher. Across the country, casinos aren’t simply gambling facilities (the industry prefers the term “gaming”), but entertainment venues. Lots of attention has been paid to the economic development aspects of a casino, but not enough, I believe, to the entertainment aspects. An artist’s rendering of the casino coming to Danville, with “The Three Sisters,” as the old smokestacks of Dan River Mills are known, in the background.

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