{"id":15639,"date":"2016-10-13T09:26:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=15639"},"modified":"2017-01-02T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:05:11","slug":"las-vegas-shows-closed-2016-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-shows-closed-2016-will\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Las Vegas Shows That Have Closed in 2016 (Or Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>With the announcement &ldquo;Rock of Ages&rdquo; at Rio Las Vegas will close, we&rsquo;re reminded once&nbsp;again how brutal 2016 has been for Las Vegas shows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13014\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-13014 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Jubilee Las Vegas showgirl\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jubilee_las_vegas_showgirl.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Jubilee&rdquo; was the last classic showgirl production in Las Vegas. It closed in February 2016 and put tens of thousands of rhinestones out of work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To help keep track of the ongoing carnage, we figured it was time to compile a list of all the Las<br>\nVegas shows that have either closed, or will close, in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>1. &ldquo;Jersey Boys&rdquo; at Paris<br>\n2. &ldquo;Puppet Up&rdquo; at Venetian<br>\n3. Paul Zerdin&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mouthing Off&rdquo; at Planet Hollywood<br>\n4. Dirk Arthur&rsquo;s &ldquo;Wild Magic&rdquo; at Westgate<br>\n5. &ldquo;Jubilee&rdquo; at Bally&rsquo;s Las Vegas<br>\n6. Frankie Moreno&rsquo;s &ldquo;Under the Influence&rdquo; at Planet Hollywood<br>\n7. &ldquo;Zarkana&rdquo; at Aria<br>\n8. Matt Goss at Caesars Palace<br>\n9. &ldquo;Raiding the Rock Vault&rdquo; at Tropicana<br>\n10. Jan Rouven&rsquo;s &ldquo;Illusions&rdquo; at Tropicana (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/magician-jan-rouven-arrested-on-kiddie-porn-charges-tropicana-closes-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">long story<\/a>)<br>\n11. &ldquo;Twisted Vegas&rdquo; at Westgate<br>\n12. The Improv at Harrah&rsquo;s<br>\n13. &ldquo;Tony n&rsquo; Tina&rsquo;s Wedding&rdquo; at Bally&rsquo;s Las Vegas<br>\n14. Zowie Bowie at Downtown Grand<br>\n15. &ldquo;One Epic Night&rdquo; at The Plaza<br>\n16. &ldquo;Yes, You Can&rsquo;t&rdquo; at El Cortez<br>\n17. &ldquo;Spoofical the Musical&rdquo; at Planet Hollywood<br>\n18. Michael Monge at Encore<br>\n19. &ldquo;Cherry Boom Boom&rdquo; at Tropicana<br>\n20. &ldquo;53X&rdquo; at Paris Las Vegas<br>\n21. &ldquo;Band of Magicians&rdquo; at Tropicana<br>\n22. &ldquo;Country Superstars&rdquo; at Hooters Las Vegas<br>\n23. Gordie Brown at Golden Nugget<br>\n24. &ldquo;Everybody: The Boy Band Review&rdquo; at Planet Hollywood<br>\n25.&nbsp;&ldquo;Million Dollar Quartet&rdquo; at Harrah&rsquo;s<br>\n26. &ldquo;Shotspeare&rdquo; at Planet Hollywood<br>\n27.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Men of Steele&rdquo; at Tommy Wind Theater<\/span><br>\n28. &ldquo;Showstoppers&rdquo; at Wynn<br>\n29. &ldquo;Rock of Ages&rdquo; at Rio Las Vegas<br>\n30. &ldquo;Clint Holmes: Between the Lines&rdquo; at Palazzo<\/p>\n<p>Alarming, isn&rsquo;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Based upon our nearly 10 minutes of Captain Morgan-fueled research, we&rsquo;ve concluded 2016 has had the most shows close in the history of Las Vegas!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14469\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14469 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Las Vegas shows Jersey Boys\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/jersey_boys3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Jersey Boys&rdquo; was a great show, but in Vegas, everything runs its course.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the world of Las Vegas shows, only the strong survive.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is each closed&nbsp;show also represents another new entertainment offerings in the works. (Except in the case&nbsp;of &ldquo;Zarkana,&rdquo; where meeting space is the only thing in works. Sad trombone.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14184\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14184 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Twisted Vegas\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/twisted_vegas8.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Twisted Vegas&rdquo; closed after just 70 performances at Westgate, or approximately 65 too many.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If we&rsquo;ve forgotten anything, please let us know. We&rsquo;ll update our list of &ldquo;All the Las Vegas Shows That Have Closed in 2016 (or Will)&rdquo;&nbsp;if there are any more casualties.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the announcement &ldquo;Rock of Ages&rdquo; at Rio Las Vegas will close, we&rsquo;re reminded once&nbsp;again how brutal 2016 has been for Las Vegas shows. To help keep track of the ongoing carnage, we figured it was time to compile a list of all the Las Vegas shows that have either closed, or will close, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasvegasshows"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>All the Las Vegas Shows That Have Closed in 2016 (or Will)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This year has been brutal for Vegas shows. 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