Top-Grossing Las Vegas Concert Residencies of All Time
Posted on: December 31, 2025, 03:00h.
Last updated on: December 31, 2025, 03:48h.
Since we last published our annual list, Garth Brooks entered it for the first time, but the Eagles made the highest-ranking debut. Their addition nudged Lady Gaga and one of Elton John’s two Caesars Palace residencies off the list.
Posting the highest jump over last time was Dead & Company at either two or three notches. (We’ll get to that, promise!)
Our rankings are based either on Billboard magazine’s “Boxscore” charts or reporting by concert-tracker website Pollstar — though the totals for the Eagles, Dead and Adele required guesswork that we explained.
10. Garth Brooks, “Plus ONE,” Caesars Palace (2023-2025)
Gross: $137.7 million
Tickets Sold: 300K
Shows: 72
Gross Per Show: $1.9 million
An intimate, unpredictable experience, this residency featured Brooks performing in a fluid “one‑man plus whoever shows up” format, with band members joining selectively throughout each night. Brooks emphasized spontaneity — no setlists, no rules — creating a different show every performance.
The residency filled 99% of all available seats, making it the most commercially successful country residency in Las Vegas history. It was Brooks’ second Vegas residency, following a Wynn run from 2009–2014.
9. Britney Spears, “Piece Of Me,” Planet Hollywood (2013-2017)
Gross: $137.7M
Tickets Sold: 916K
Shows: 248
Gross Per Show: $552K
Strangely, Britney’s total gross precisely matched Garth’s. However, we’re giving the edge to her because $137.7 million in 2014 dollars is equivalent to $190.2 million in 2024 dollars.
Well-received by critics and fans, “Piece of Me” created a successful comeback for the troubled “Toxic” singer. It sold out the Axis Theater so consistently, its original two-year run was extended multiple times.
8. “Bruno Mars at Park MGM” (2016-present)
Gross: $158 million
Tickets Sold: 479K-490K
Shows: 110
Gross Per Show: $1.58M
The energetic “Uptown Funk” singer proved his broad appeal by delivering tightly arranged funk, soul, R&B and pop without heavy production gimmicks. Critics consistently praised Mars’ energy, musicianship and no‑phones policy, which creates an unusually immersive, distraction‑free environment for concert enjoyment.
We based our figures on Billboard “Boxscore”’s May 2025 gross report of $154.8 million plus for the just-wrapped residency, plus the two sold-out New Year’s Eve shows he will have played this week.
7. Elton John, “The Red Piano,” Caesars Palace (2004-2009)
Gross: $166.4M
Tickets Sold: 982K
Shows: 247
Gross Per Show: $674K
Directed and designed by David La Chapelle, this residency delivered the classics, deep cuts, and plenty of banter, reminding audiences why Elton’s catalog is built for the big stage. It was his second Caesars residency, following 2011-2018’s “Million Dollar Piano,” which grossed $131 million.
6. “Eagles: Sphere Las Vegas” (2024-present)
Gross: ~$193.2 million
Tickets Sold: ~700K-~810K
Shows: 44 shows
Gross Per Show: ~$4.4 million
The Eagles’ five‑decade catalog pairs surprisingly well with the Sphere’s next‑generation technology, which reframes classic hits like “Hotel California,” “Take it Easy” and “Life in the Fast Lane” with towering wraparound visuals.
We had to Frankenstein the total gross from two separate lists. Billboard’s “Boxscore” reported $42.2 million from 131,000 tickets sold for the Eagles’ 16 2024 concerts, and concert-tracker website Pollstar added the $151 million total for the band’s 28 Sphere shows in 2025.
The Eagles’ ongoing Sphere performances have already defeated each of Elton John’s two ranking Caesars Palace stints as Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock residency of all time. (However, if you combined John’s residencies — which no one ever does since they were separate residencies — the Eagles still have a long way to go to match John’s $306.1 million.)
4 or 5. Dead & Company, “Dead Forever: Live at Sphere (2024-2025)
Gross: ~$210.3 million
Tickets Sold: ~760K-770K
Shows 48
Gross Per Show: ~4.4 million
We also speculated to arrive at this ranking, since only data from Bob Weir and friends’ 30 2024 Sphere shows was available as of this writing. But the outfit added to that $131.45 million total with 18 more 2025 shows from March to May. Assuming its $4.381 million per-show average, the 18 2025 shows added another $78.86 million to the tally.
After all that, however, we still can’t be sure whether the Dead placed fourth or fifth because of “the Adele problem.” (More on that in the next slot!)
Critics praised the Dead & Company’s immersive design, John Mayer’s creative direction, and the fusion of improvisational jams with expansive, narrative‑driven visuals that reframed the Grateful Dead’s 60‑year legacy for new generations.
4 or 5. “Weekends With Adele,” Caesars Palace (2022-2024)
Gross: ~$175-$220 million
Tickets Sold: ~420K
Shows: 100
Gross Per Show: ~$1.75M-$2.2M
Ascribing dollar figures to Las Vegas residencies can be difficult and controversial since that information must be shared by either the venues, concert promoters and/or by the artists themselves.
For whatever reason, Caesars Entertainment and Adele’s team only chose to publish the gross ($52.8 million) from the first 24 “Weekends With Adele” shows. Extrapolating the per-show gross to the full 100-show run at $2.2 million per show gives a figure of $220 million.
However, British outlets the Mirror and Daily Mail consistently cited an average gross of $1.75 million per show for the residency’s duration, which explains our low ballpark estimate. And there’s no way of knowing which, if either, is accurate.
Adele did so well by tapping into massive demand for the only 4,200 seats available per show. As Billboard reported, tickets for the first concerts started at $860 apiece for the front section of the Colosseum and $600 for the front of the upper balcony. A few dozen seats in the front three rows of the orchestra section were priced at more than $5K per ticket as part of Ticketmaster’s platinum seating program.
3. “U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” (2023-2024)
Gross: $244.5M
Tickets Sold: 663K
Shows: 40
Gross Per Show: $6.1M
U2 managed the highest per-show gross in this list at $6.1 million. (That’s $277,272 per song!) But the most record-breaking part of the Irish superstars’ residency was their astronomical take-home pay. In exchange for playing his guinea pig — and for reluctantly agreeing to perform for the first time without founding drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who was recuperating from shoulder surgery — Sphere owner James Dolan reportedly paid Bono’s boys an unheard-of 90% of the gate, plus a cool $10M to shoot its visuals.
2. Celine Dion, “Celine,” Caesars Palace (2011-2019)
Gross: $296M
Tickets Sold: 1.7M
Shows 427
Gross Per Show: $639K
1. Celine Dion, “A New Day…,” Caesars Palace (2003-2007)
Gross: $385M
Tickets: 2.8M
Shows 714
Gross Per Show: $539K
Celine holds onto both the No. 1 and2 spots with her two residencies at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which was built specifically for her. And if you convert their combined $681 million box-office total into today’s dollars — using the median points of 2005 and 2016 — it gives her a seemingly unmatchable combined take of $1 billion.
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