The culture of Las Vegas is inextricably linked to the artists and technicians behind the Strip’s vibrant live entertainment industry, so any time a show closes, it hurts. We know it’s the very nature of a show to eventually end, but it still always hurts.
Cirque du Soleil’s The Beatles LOVE, which wrapped in 2024, ranks No. 1 in my mind as the all-time most tragic loss; it closed because the Mirage had been sold to make way for a new Hard Rock Hotel. It always felt like it could continue forever.
Cirque closed its newest production, Mad Apple, in September, weeks before Wynn closed its large-scale spectacular Awakening this month.
