Las Vegas may be reopening, but First Friday is staying digital.
Arts & Culture
They’re proving that the show can go on even if that means meeting audiences from a rooftop, behind a plastic sheet or from outside their vehicles.
Wynn entertainment director Rick Gray informed members of the production Thursday morning that they would be furloughed.
“The response went through the roof,” the owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate said a day after giving away 2,000 flights to tourists across the country.
Canada’s Investissement Quebec company has issued Cirque du Soleil a loan of up to $200 million and offered to buy the company outright.
For 25 years, Megan Belk’s family has touched the Las Vegas entertainment community in myriad ways.
Face masks will be required for staff and guests, and sanitizer made at the museum’s speakeasy will be given away while supplies last.
For people starved for face-to-face interaction, art has become a welcome and accessible means for finding comfort, control and communication.
Frankie Moreno says of The Amp in North Las Vegas, “I had never seen this place until a couple of weeks ago and I was totally blown away.”
Before the shutdown, “The Bachelor” came to town. Specifically, “The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,” recorded in February at Park MGM and T-Mobile Arena.
After being called out by Axl Rose, the treasury secretary responded, “What have you done for the country lately?” with a Liberian flag emoji.
MGM Resorts has terminated positions heading up esports, marketing and advertising.
The VECC includes reps from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas Ballpark, T-Mobile Arena and MGM Resorts arenas.
The long-running festival scheduled at Sunset Park in October has been canceled because of “uncertainty” over the coronavirus pandemic and event-associated costs.
Entertainment exec Mark Prows said he cried at the news, but he added “my job does not define who I am.”