Cirque du Soliel has told its Vegas employees the company “is facing an increased financial pressure on our operations due to this situation.”
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Las Vegas owner Mark Days says of the upcoming NFL Draft: “I guarantee that the league and the leaders here will come up with the right plan. There is a dialogue between everybody in the public sphere. You have to have that.”
“One Night” Executive Producer Jerry Nadal says the show’s board would reconvene in 60 days to reassess options to return the event to the Luxor.
When asked at Power of Love about the Raiders’ interest in Tom Brady, Jon Gruden said, “We love our quarterback. Our quarterback’s a really good player.”
“I can tell you, the first thing that I promised to have happen, is I’m going to feed all the workers and a plus-one a steak dinner on the floor of that stadium,” he said.
Austin “Chumlee” Russell discussed the development of “Pawn Stars,” saying, “They went through everybody, saying, ‘All right, who’s going to be our fourth member?’”
Neil Diamond was in top form in a stunning, unbilled seven-song performance at the Power of Love gala.
“I am working on an album right now, and I am listening exclusively to me,” Neil Diamond said just before the Power of Love gala.
The format for Sammy Hagar’s rocking residency would follow his raucous birthday parties at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas.
The Smith Center has added 25 industrial-size sanitation stations around their three performance venues — Reynolds Hall, Myron’s Cabaret Jazz and Troesh Theater. The stations have been placed in the lobby, at entrances and backstage.
The four soloists in Saturday’s program are playing Stradivarius violins far older than the city of Las Vegas itself, dating to the late-1600s and early 1700.
Lady Gaga plays Paris, London, Boston,, Toronto, Chicago and East Rutherford,. N.J. on a summer tour.
Terry Fator says of leaving the Mirage, “The Vegas entertainment landscape is always evolving and I understand there’s often a need to transform the show model.”
Bruno Mars and Mar offering one of the eye-popping auction experiences available at the 24th annual philanthropic event at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
At his touring peak, Garth Brooks played the Thomas & Mack Center for four shows in August 1998. He sold the place out, clean, with a uniformed ticked price of $20.