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Cirque de Soleil (top) will be performing in the spring,
while Cher will be headlining again at the Colosseum
Jersey Boys, which tells the story of Frankie
Shows still go
Valli and The Four Seasons, sits in residence
in a custom-built 1,600-seat theatre at
Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino.
Cirque du Soleil’s march to Vegas
dominance continues this spring, with a
on at Las Vegas
new show based on the life and music of
Elvis due to open in the CityCenter.
Mandalay Bay will become the seventh
Lion King venue in the world from May 2 and
The original Sin City is showing no signs of slowing
America’s Got Talent winner impersonator and
puppet master Terry Fator has just signed a
down in its old age. Rupert Murray visits Vegas to five-year deal with The Mirage.
find out what new developments it has up its sleeve
Clubbing trends
Since 1930 hundreds of nightclubs have
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N 1930 Frank Detra took what was expansion. Over the next five years, 40,000 opened and perhaps the most significant
perceived as a real gamble and opened new hotel and motel rooms are planned or addition to the scene is DJ Paul Oakenfold
Las Vegas’ first nightclub – the aptly already under construction and the enter- who now resides at Rain at The Palms.
named Pair O’ Dice. tainment will continue to grow with it. Pure Management Group and fashion
Built on what was then known as the new This year the $2.9 billion Fontainebleu designer Christian Audigier have teamed
highway to Los Angeles it marked the birth Las Vegas will open with, among other up to create a new nightclub on the Strip
of the desert town’s second biggest draw. things, 3,800 rooms, a 60,000-square foot spa called Christian Audigier The Nightclub
During what was perhaps Vegas’s golden and a 3,200-seat arts theatre. at Treasure Island.
era it became the performing playground The Strip’s dominant force MGM Mirage The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has opened
of the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis will open CityCenter – a the rock lounge Wasted
Junior and Dean Martin. $9.2 billion urban metropolis Space as part of its $800
Rollers could stroll into a bar and find one with a 1,850-room theatre. million expansion and renovation.
or all of the Rat Pack singing some of the Caesars Palace is being treated The venue is co-owned and created by
20th Century’s most iconic tunes. to a $1 billion overhaul, the $3.5 billion action sports superstar Carey Hart and
The days of such easy access to the greats Grand Hyatt will be finished this year and a Yankees baseball player Jason Giambi.
have gone, but for the price of a ticket stars $1 billion M Resort is to open in March. Many of the rich and famous have a
such as Elton John, the Pussycat Dolls and stake in Vegas nightlife including
Billy Joel are available for the 40 million Top performers Christina Aguilera who co-owns LAX Las
people each year who now visit the neon Cher now headlines at the 4,300-seat Vegas – the place to be for the A-list.
jewel in Nevada’s crown. Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace and will Other new venues include Blush at Wynn
perform 200 times over three years. hotel, Living Room at Planet Hollywood
Keep on building Bette Midler also stars at the Colosseum Resort & Casino, Polly Esthers at
Vegas has a population approaching two with her show called The Showgirl Must Go On the Stratosphere and The Beatles
million and there is no end in sight for its while the Tony award-winning musical Revolution Lounge at the Mirage.
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