Planning a meeting in Las Vegas or attending a convention in Las Vegas and having to organize satellite events?
Experience the Spectacle of Las Vegas Entertainment
The bonus of hosting an event in the Entertainment Capital of the World is being able to take advantage of all it has to offer, and no trip to Las Vegas is quite complete without experiencing some of its extraordinary performances. Best of all, you easily can incorporate attending a show into the plans for your event, or even make a show an event
in itself.

Not everyone who goes to Las Vegas wants to drink, gamble and party the night away, so it is important to provide the option of seeing a show as a fantastic alternative for event attendees who still want to experience the best of Las Vegas. Seeing a show can be a nighttime bonus activity for your group, or you can offer tickets as an employee incentive or a door or raffle prize at your convention booth or gala. Plus, attending a show as a group also can be a great avenue for team building; the shared exposure to something cultural or fantastic creates a common experience that fosters camaraderie and gives them something to talk about long after the event.

Every night in Las Vegas, great acts and spectacles abound in every genre, which allows everyone to find something that suits them. Always available are nationally acclaimed headliners as well as full-scale theatrical productions, fascinating Cirque du Soleil shows and outdoor entertainment options and countless other topnotch comedy, magic, tribute and variety productions as well as diversions for free at outdoor venues.

Headliners
Las Vegas is a perennial hotbed for superstar performers who want to put down some long-term roots. Find out which stars currently stud the stages in Sin City.

The Colosseum Showroom at Caesars Palace proudly welcomes back the one and only Celine Dion to the stage. With a gifted voice that has been enjoyed by audiences far and wide, Celine is a five-time Grammy winner with a string of Top 40 hits and 200 million records sold worldwide. For tickets, visit www.celinedion.com/ca/return-las-vegas/. Groups (20 or more) call (866) 574-3857.

International superstar Shania Twain, the world’s best-selling female country artist of all time, has returned to the stage for a two-year residency at The Colosseum Showroom at Caesars Palace. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, the country music icon brings all of her biggest hits to “Shania: Still the One.” For tickets, call (800) 745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Groups (10 or more) call (702) 946-4799.

Soul2Soul” is an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime show starring country icons and life partners Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Both honored with multiple prestigious music awards, Faith and Tim have settled into the Las Vegas Strip for five months at the Venetian Theater. For tickets, call (702) 414-9000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

The legendary guitar stylings of Carlos Santana continue to grace the Las Vegas scene until well into 2014 at the House of Blues Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. In his show, “An Intimate Evening With Santana,” Santana performs his greatest hits from yesterday and today as well as some new music. For tickets, call (800) 745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Taylor Hicks, known as the “Soulful Voice” and winner American Idol Season 5, continues to bring his roadhouse flair and energy to Bally’s with a yearlong extension through 2013. For tickets, call (800) 237-SHOW.

Theatrical Productions
Life’s a show, especially in Las Vegas where you can find Broadway’s boffo successes as well as famously fun theatrical comedies right on the Strip.

Experience The Phantom of the Opera, the most recognized musical theater masterpiece, with its dramatic special effects and Broadway-caliber cast at the Venetian. The show includes the original songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, spectacular sets, illusions and a breathtaking chandelier experience that astounds new audiences and loyal fans alike. For tickets, call (866) 641-7469 or visit www.phantomlasvegas.com. Groups (15 or more) call (866) 633-0195.

Le Rêve at Wynn Las Vegas is an aquatic spectacular performed in a domed theater in the round where the theater and water are alive with translucent energy and every seat is less than 40 feet from the action. For tickets, call (888) 320-7110 or visit www.wynnlasvegas.com/shows/le-reve/. Groups call (702) 770-3724.

For musical, toe-tapping fun, return to the 1950s at the Palazzo with Jersey Boys. The production goes behind the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, following the rags-to-riches tale of four blue-collar kids on their way to stardom along with their treasured hits. For tickets, call (866) 641-7469 or visit www.jerseyboysinfo.com/vegas/tickets/. Groups (10 or more) call (866) 633-0195.

Opening in early February 2013 at Harrah’s Las Vegas, the smash-hit musical Million Dollar Quartet goes back to Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 4, 1956, where one of the greatest jam sessions of all time made history with music legends Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call (702) 369-5111.

Set in Los Angeles’s infamous Sunset Strip in 1987, Rock of Ages tells the story of a boy from South Detroit and a small-town girl chasing their dreams of making it big and falling in love. See it at the Venetian by calling (702) 414-9000 or visiting www.venetian.com. Groups (10 or more) call (866) 633-0195.

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