{"id":38475,"date":"2023-11-20T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=38475"},"modified":"2023-12-04T20:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T04:13:09","slug":"opm-to-close-at-cosmo-and-everything-is-ruined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/opm-to-close-at-cosmo-and-everything-is-ruined\/","title":{"rendered":"“OPM” to Close at Cosmopolitan and Everything is Ruined"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are crestfallen to report one of our favorite Las Vegas shows of all time, “OPM,” has announced it will close at Cosmopolitan. This, despite not really knowing what a “crest” is in this context.<\/p>\n

The quirky show from Spiegelworld, the folks behind “Absinthe” and “Atomic Saloon,” will perform its final show on Dec. 31, 2023.<\/p>\n

A reliable source says “OPM” has been losing $30,000 a week. Painful.<\/p>\n

“OPM” opened as “Opium” in 2018, and was heralded by one of our favorite headlines<\/a> in the history of our blog: “‘Opium’ at Cosmopolitan is a Raucous Romp Around Uranus.” Hey, we saw an opening, we took it.<\/p>\n

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“Opium” became “OPM” because some social media platforms wouldn’t let the show advertise due to it being 1886, apparently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“OPM” went through a variety of changes during its six-year run, emphasis on “variety,” as “OPM” was at its heart a comedy-variety show with a sci-fi theme.<\/p>\n

We had dinner with the show’s producer, Ross Mollison, recently. He didn’t mention “OPM” was closing. We suspect his crests have fallen as well, so he preferred not to talk about it.<\/p>\n

The bottom line of why “OPM” is closing: The bottom line.<\/p>\n

Simply put, the show “just couldn’t make money.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ross Mollison said, “Las Vegas is going through a fundamental shift in how visitors are spending their entertainment dollars, which is part of a broader evolution in global live entertainment.” He’s talking about how bigtime headliners are grabbing a bigger portion of visitors’ budgets. This trend hit particularly hard when Caesars Entertainment closed several showrooms<\/a> a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

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Ross Mollison is as unique as his shows. Which, we understand, isn’t the correct use of “unique,” but just play along.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not like “OPM” didn’t try.<\/p>\n

When it opened, it was very much about the characters and “story.” The last time we saw the show, it had been completely overhauled, and the colorful but distracting characters were largely gone.<\/p>\n

The focus was on the variety acts, or as Ross Mollison refers to them, “unusualists.”<\/p>\n

Here’s a smalls sampling of the performers who made “OPM” so special.<\/p>\n

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