Las Vegas hosts a variety of entertainment and performer residencies on and off the 4.2-mile Strip for everyone's taste.
For those looking for popular music, there's always at least a handful of stars performing residencies in the various hotel-casinos.
Lady Gaga returned to the Strip at Dolby Live at the Park MGM for her Jazz + Piano residency, which continues Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 1, 4 and 5. At Resorts World, Carrie Underwood's Reflection residency runs for 14 shows beginning Sept. 22 and continues for shows in September, November and December.
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Katy Perry: Play at Resorts World is coming back for a final 10 shows between Oct. 4 and Nov. 4 to conclude the "Roar" singer's residency.
Cirque du Soleil has six different shows in Sin City
Fascinating stage shows include Cirque du Soleil, which first opened on the Strip at the Mirage in 1992, with six different shows guests can experience. The Classic magician David Copperfield also performs his magic act at MGM Resorts International's (MGM) -) MGM Grand.
Penn & Teller began their 30-year run performing their magic and comedy act in Las Vegas at Bally's in 1993, before starting a long-running residency at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in January 2001 at the Penn and Teller Theater.
Some speculation indicated that Caesars Entertainment wanted the edgy magical show to move to the Jubilee Theater at Bally's, which is now the Horseshoe, or the Paris Theater, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. But Penn & Teller remained loyal to their long-term commitment to the Rio.
The magical duo in July reached an agreement for a three-year extension of their residency at the Rio with the hotel-casino's new operating company Dreamscape, which takes over for Caesars Entertainment (CZR) -) Oct. 1. Caesars sold the Rio to Dreamscape in 2019 but continued operating the hotel-casino under an agreement.
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Penn & Teller extends residency to 2026
The residency extension makes the Rio Penn & Teller's home until 2026.
“We are thrilled to continue the partnership with Penn & Teller,” Trevor Scherrer, Dreamscape's president of entertainment and gaming, said in a statement reported by the Review-Journal.
“Penn & Teller are icons in entertainment, and their show continues to be a must-see for Las Vegas visitors. We are honored to have them as part of the Rio as we reimagine this iconic resort.”
Dreamscape has also raised $850 million to finance a "reimagining" of Rio's two-tower structure, "restoring it into a premiere resort and casino experience with modernized amenities and an array of offerings that speak to today's gaming and hospitality consumer," the company said in a news release. Rio will remain open during the renovation.
Renovations at the Rio will include new curtains and a new set in Penn & Teller Theater.
As Dreamscape overhauls the hotel-casino property, visitors will begin to see some changes. Among the changes: The owners have taken down a giant Penn & Teller portrait building wrap that was placed on the hotel-casino about a year and a half ago, the Review-Journal said. Hotel wraps have featured the duo in eight different wraps in the past 15 years.
There's no word about whether or when a new wrap will appear on the building, though a new portrait seems likely to appear on the hotel-casino once renovations are completed.
