Friday 16 January 2015

In 10 years, Mariah Carey has sung long way

Ten years ago, Mariah Carey helped Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace produce what is believed to be the first $1 million nightclub opening in Las Vegas. With Carey on hand to ring in the new year, the megaclub sold about 3,000 advance tickets at $300 a pop, for a staggering $900,000 in pre-sales.

Now comes the million-dollar question: Can Carey fill Celine Dion's stilettos by selling out the 4,300-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace night after night? It was announced on Thursday, the day Caesars Entertainment filed for bankruptcy protection, that Carey has signed a two-year deal for 27 shows per year.

Caesars Palace and AEG Live, which operates the Colosseum, are counting on Carey's body of work as the best-selling female artist of all time. That includes 18 No. 1 hits, beginning with "Vision of Love" in June 1990 to "Touch My Body" in 2007. Her residency is scheduled to begin on May 6.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)



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