{"id":26240,"date":"2020-03-02T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=26240"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:10:20","slug":"bennett-returns-aguilera-leaves-adelsons-idolized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/bennett-returns-aguilera-leaves-adelsons-idolized\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennett returns, Aguilera leaves, Adelsons idolized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Las Vegas Strip<\/strong> will be blessed for three nights in August, as <strong>Tony <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bennett-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bennett-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bennett-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bennett-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bennett-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bennett<\/strong> returns to <strong>The Venetian<\/strong>. He&#8217;ll play the 12th, 14th and 15th, with an assist from <strong>Antonia Bennett<\/strong>. Tickets start at $50, with a portion of the proceeds going to <strong>Exploring the Arts Inc<\/strong>. As <em>New York Magazine<\/em> said of the ageless songster, &#8220;no one else on Earth can make a lyric written eight decades ago sound as natural as a conversation at a coffee shop.\u201d Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>* In the meantime, <strong>Christina Aguilera<\/strong> is calling it quits on her <strong>Planet Hollywood<\/strong>\u00a0residency. The final six shows will take place in November, although what&#8217;s more newsworthy than Aguilera&#8217;s exit is the bizarrely staggered <!--more-->manner in which tickets will go on sale. Tomorrow through Thursday evening there will be a &#8220;fan pre-sale.&#8221; You&#8217;d better buy your tix in the first two hours because at noon tomorrow (Strip time), an <strong>American Express<\/strong> pre-sale begins. Then there&#8217;s a 10-to-10 presale on Thursday for <strong>Caesars Rewards<\/strong> members, <strong>Live Nation<\/strong> and <strong>Ticketmaster<\/strong> customers. After that it&#8217;s every fan for himself.<\/p>\n<p>* Fans of <strong>Scott &#8220;Woody&#8221; Butera<\/strong> will enjoy this clip of him celebrating <strong>BetMGM<\/strong>&#8216;s alliance with <strong>Boyd Gaming<\/strong> in <strong>Indiana<\/strong>. The question of what this means for Boyd&#8217;s Hoosier State alliance with <strong>FanDuel<\/strong> is begged.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2pr3UHkzHD0\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a bit of progress for <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong>, the <strong>Pac-12 Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament<\/strong> comes to <strong>Mandalay Bay<\/strong>, another sign that college sports and Sin City can healthily coexist. And MGM posts impressive metrics for its <strong>GameSense<\/strong> application. Well, actually, GameSense was a product of the allegedly corrupt <strong>British Columbia Lottery Corp<\/strong>. (Uh-oh.) But it may be the only good thing to come out of B.C. casinos lately.<\/p>\n<p>In news that <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong> is less eager to promulgate, its <strong>MGM Grand Garden Arena<\/strong> is being pimped out to honor <strong>Sheldon <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adelson-Forbes-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adelson-Forbes-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adelson-Forbes-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adelson-Forbes-785x1023.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>and Miriam Adelson<\/strong> for their so-called &#8220;philanthropy.&#8221; Fawns <strong>Michael Shulman<\/strong>, the evening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shulmansays.com\/archives\/BOSVIEW\/Shine-Bright-like-Neil-Diamond-with-KMA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will be in part<\/a> &#8220;a tribute to their immense contributions to medical research, education, and Jewish causes, both in the US and abroad.&#8221; Yes, if persecuting\u00a0drug addicts and helping to deny <strong>Florida<\/strong> patients access to medical marijuana are &#8220;immense contributions,&#8221; let&#8217;s by all means tip our hats to these two ubiquitous figures on the American landscape.<\/p>\n<p>* Today is <strong>National Breathing Day<\/strong>, a day of advocacy against the dangers of secondhand smoke. Smoke-free casinos are still the exception rather than the rule but there are some hopeful signs. <strong>Ho-Chunk Madison<\/strong> recently celebrated five smoke-free years. A smoking ban implemented in <strong>New Orleans<\/strong> five years ago has not produced the revenue cataclysm that was predicted\u2014most loudly by <strong>Caesars Entertainment<\/strong>. Big Gaming will tell you that good HVAC systems are all that&#8217;s needed but very few of them (<strong>Aria<\/strong>&#8216;s being excepted) are either well-designed or energy efficient. There&#8217;s a lot of work to be done.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jottings<\/strong><\/em>: Coronavirus-derived revenue decline at <strong>Macao<\/strong> casinos in March is now being estimated at between 80% and 90%. Operators wanting to stay in <strong>Ho Iat Seng<\/strong>&#8216;s good graces will have to forego cost-cutting <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Aristocrat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Aristocrat.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Aristocrat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/>measures &#8230; Rival gaming destination <strong>Singapore<\/strong>, incidentally, is getting high marks for its containment of the virus &#8230; Congratulations to <strong>Aristocrat Technologies<\/strong>, which cleaned up at the\u00a0<strong>Eilers &amp; Krejcik Gaming Slot Awards<\/strong>, taking home eight prizes. <strong>Everi<\/strong> (formerly <strong>Shufflmaster<\/strong>) and <strong>Scientific Games<\/strong> each bagged three prizes and <strong>International Game Technologies<\/strong>\u00a0won two. A complete list of <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbnews.com\/article\/best-of-the-best-2020-ek-gaming-slot-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">winners is here<\/a> &#8230; Sports betting is a flop in <strong>Oregon<\/strong>. A projected $6 million profit for FY20 swung to a $5 million loss, prompting uncomfortable questions for the <strong>Oregon Lottery<\/strong> &#8230; The 1980 <strong>Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act<\/strong> was a pretty lopsided agreement\u2014thank you, President <strong>Jimmy Carter<\/strong> (D)\u2014which <strong>Passamaquoddy Tribal Government<\/strong> Chief <strong>William Nicholas Sr<\/strong>.\u00a0says has &#8220;hindered and oppressed our people.&#8221; <em>Global Gaming Business<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbnews.com\/article\/maine-study-recommends-expanding-tribal-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has an excellent breakdown<\/a> of how a <strong>Maine<\/strong> task force aims to amend the Act to make it more equitable to tribes. As expected, fretful Gov. <strong>Janet Mills<\/strong> (D) is against it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Las Vegas Strip will be blessed for three nights in August, as Tony Bennett returns to The Venetian. He&#8217;ll play the 12th, 14th and 15th, with an assist from Antonia Bennett. Tickets start at $50, with a portion of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/bennett-returns-aguilera-leaves-adelsons-idolized\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106,60,56,4,36,283,140,29,68,241,84,62,147,224,245,211,6,90,160,276,12,107,108,74,243,8,9,20,170],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26246,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26240\/revisions\/26246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}