{"id":19097,"date":"2017-12-22T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=19097"},"modified":"2017-12-22T22:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T06:48:19","slug":"criss-angels-mindfreak-live-close-luxor-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/criss-angels-mindfreak-live-close-luxor-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Criss Angel’s “Mindfreak Live” to Close at Luxor Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a 10-year run that provided a smackdown to his legions of haters, magnificent lunkhead Criss Angel will close his “Mindfreak Live” show at Luxor in 2018.<\/p>\n

Criss Angel’s “Mindfreak Live” ends its run, and sometimes strained partnership with Cirque du Soleil, on Oct. 28, 2018, according to reports.<\/p>\n

\"Mindfreak
Despite the odds, and a profound lack of personality or talent, Criss Angel survived and, and various times thrived, on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Las Vegas Weekly’s Brock Radne<\/a> was the first to share the surprisingly successful show is closing.<\/p>\n

Angel’s show opened as “Believe” in Oct. 2008 to scathing reviews. Sorry, “BeLIEve.” Trust us, the weird “lie” affectation was the least of its problems.<\/p>\n

While the removal of Cirque elements improved the show somewhat, production costs and declining ticket sales forced Angel and his team to close “Believe” on April 17, 2016.<\/p>\n

A trimmed down “Mindfreak Live” opened May 11, 2016.<\/p>\n

The revamped show didn’t exactly win over Criss Angel’s haters, but it allowed the show to continue through the end of his contract with Cirque du Soleil.<\/p>\n

\"Criss
No, we didn’t take this at Madame Tussauds. Criss Angel is just a really odd dude.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We saw “Mindfreak Live” and, beyond the random, pointless shouting of its star, we thought the show was reasonably entertaining. Angel seemed to enjoy himself, and his use of self-deprecating humor was refreshing given the annoying onscreen persona he’d cultivated on
\nthe long-running A&E “Mindfreak” TV show.<\/p>\n

“Mindfreak Live” also has one of the most impressive illusions we’ve ever seen in a Las Vegas show, a levitation that’s worth the price of admission. Yes, you know it’s wires, but that doesn’t take away from the sheer WTF of it all.<\/p>\n

A 10-year run for a Las Vegas magic show must be deemed an unqualified success.<\/p>\n

\"Criss
Undeniable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in 2016, it was being reported more than four million guests had attended “Believe” since it opened in 2008.<\/p>\n

Because “Mindfreak Live” doesn’t close until late 2018, there’s still time to see it again if you’ve seen it, and to trash talk it if you never will.<\/p>\n

In a ridiculously awful interview<\/a>, Criss Angel has said he’s opening another show following “Mindfreak Live,” at another Las Vegas venue, and the cliche-spewing egomaniac reminds us all why he’s so easy to loathe.<\/p>\n

Whether you love Criss Angel or hate him, he pulled off what many considered an impossible feat, a decade-long run on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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