Says veteran Las Vegas entertainment booker Steve Beyer, “Until showrooms open, the lounges are where you’ll see entertainment.”
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Zak Bagans says of his reopening, “I added some new exhibits that are really going to blow people away.”
The Excalibur will be the next MGM Resorts property to reopen, on June 11, according to a hotel spokesman.
Mayfair Supper Club’s return to the present tense will be watched with great interest as shows return under COVID-19 safety directives.
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.
The hit musical’s run from September through October at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall has been postponed, Myron Martin announced Wednesday.
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.
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.”
If these performances come off as scheduled, “Hilarious 7,” late of the Night Owl Showroom at Oyo, would be — at this writing — the first ticketed show in the city to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cirque CEO Daniel Lamarre mapped the company’s ongoing revenue challenges during a phone chat last week.
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.