Celine May Entice
More Stars To Shine in Vegas
- LOS ANGLES, CA - Music superstar Celine Dion has agreed
to a multi-year contract at Caesars
Palace, setting the stage for other pop stars to base
their acts in Las Vegas.
Dion
has agreed to perform five nights a week for three years
at Caesars
Palace, with shows beginning next March. The deal
is worth a reported $100 million, and the casino resort
will build a $95-million, 4,000-seat theater to house
the new production.
The
idea for her own Las Vegas show began when Dion and her
husband and manager, Rene Angelil, watched "O"
at the Bellagio.
"I
knew I wanted to perform and have a visual show like this
and have, like, 60 performers on stage with me and make
every song look like a visual experience," explains
Dion. "It's kind of impossible to travel with a show
like this; the effects and the decor and the whole thing
makes it technically impossible. We would have to have
a base. And we found that in Las Vegas."
Dion
is the only contemporary superstar at the height of her
career to make such a lengthy commitment to one venue.
Her decision to set up shop in Las Vegas for a multiyear
run may inspire other pop artists to do the same.