When superstar singer Céline Dion steps onto the stage at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Saturday night, she will set an extraordinary record for a one-woman show marking 1,000 performances. It is a major milestone in Las Vegas entertainment history.
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Celine’s arrival in Las Vegas for the March 25, 2003, production of the Franco Dragone-directed A NEW DAY started the successful wave of resident mega-star headliners in The Entertainment Capital of the World.
Critics and naysayers ridiculed the contract among Celine, AEG Concerts West and Caesars Palace. They said that she would never sell 4,000 seats night after night, but her three-year contract went on to become a five-year run, grossing more than $400 million with 3 million concert-goers, making it one of the most successful in music history.
Celine returned to Las Vegas on March 15, 2011, for the opening night of her current show, CELINE. She’s still selling out performances and defying disbelievers. Now 5 1/2 years later, she hits the magic mark of 1,000 shows at The Colosseum during the 50th anniversary of Caesars Palace.
1,000 concerts
4 million people
$570 million dollars in ticket sales.
