The sound of silence has filled the entertainment venues at many Southern California casinos over the last year, and not because they were stops for a Simon and Garfunkel tribute band.Īs the region’s casinos mapped out what to bring back after their coronavirus closures in mid-2020, most focused on gaming, dining, hotel stays while other components of their business, particularly entertainment, remained on the back burner as the live entertainment industry as a whole remained shut down.