Herald writer Jerry Cornfield contributed to this story. For it to go suddenly quiet, you’re looking around going, ‘Wow, this feels a little chilly.’” “It was kind of eerie out there on the floor when we turned all the electricity off on the machines,” he said. They started devising the plan to reopen the casinos as soon as they closed in March, Kettler said. The entertainment at Canoes Cabaret at Tulalip Resort runs the gamut from 70s Funk, 80s new Wave, Comedy, disco, Movie Nights, Industry Nights, Classic Rock Tribute bands, PPV MMA/boxing and energy filled performances of todays hits. In Tulalip, leaders are monitoring local and state health numbers, as well as their own. Canoes Cabaret Nightclub is Snohomish Countys premier live entertainment venue. However, it can take one to two weeks for an infection to become a confirmed case.

“We have not heard of an outbreak at this point for a casino, yet,” said Scott Lindquist, a state Department of Health epidemiologist for communicable diseases. Outbreaks at long-term care facilities continue to be a problem too, he added. That includes meat packing and food processing plants including at several sites in the Yakima Valley. Of late, virus hot spots are occurring in the agricultural and food industries, state Secretary of Health John Weisman said at a news conference Tuesday.

If the casinos were under his jurisdiction, they’d likely be in Phase 3 of his plan to reopen the state, his office has said. Jay Inslee is in weekly conversation with tribal leaders. State and local leaders have advised tribes not to reopen too quickly. Statewide, several other tribal governments have also reopened casinos, starting with Angel of the Winds Casino Resort in Arlington, which welcomed back guests on May 13. “Everybody’s glad to see each other,” Kettler said.

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