{"id":272070,"date":"2025-03-06T11:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/the-venue-to-close-at-orleans-four-shows-shown-the-door\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:12","slug":"the-venue-to-close-at-orleans-four-shows-shown-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/the-venue-to-close-at-orleans-four-shows-shown-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"The Venue to Close at Orleans, Four Shows Shown the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on March 05 2025 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

And off-Strip theater space, The Venue at Orleans, is being converted into a poker room, so four shows will close by March 16, 2025.<\/p>\n

The displaced shows are \u201cLaughternoon,\u201d \u201cThe Conjurors,\u201d \u201cMarriage Can Be Murder\u201d and \u201cLate Night Magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mid-sized theater spaces for mid-tier shows are an endangered species in Las Vegas. You know, like 3-to-2 blackjack, diving boards and effective elected officials.<\/p>\n

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You may not have seen these shows, but everyone pictured has bills to pay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Orleans Hotel & Casino is owned by Boyd Gaming.<\/p>\n

While Boyd hasn\u2019t confirmed plans for the Venue space, performer Adam London posted this on his Facebook page, \u201cLaughternoon starring Adam London will close at The Venue at The Orleans on March 15. The Venue will become a high stakes poker room which forces out all of the shows. It\u2019s been a wonderful four years here!\u201d<\/p>\n

London can\u2019t catch a break. He was also booted from The D when its showroom closed. \u201cMarriage Can Be Murder\u201d was also nixed by that closure.<\/p>\n

Orleans has always been an odd choice for productions. \u201cJersey Boys\u201d made a go of it, but lasted just six months.<\/p>\n

Casinos now consider mid-tier shows more trouble than the rent is worth. Back in the day, such productions and lounge acts drew gamblers and gambling revenue offset the cost of shows. Now, not so much.<\/p>\n

Today, \u201cfour wall\u201d arrangements are most common. Shows pay rent and they\u2019re pretty much on their own with marketing.<\/p>\n

The elimination of mid-sized live entertainment spaces in Las Vegas isn\u2019t new, of course, it\u2019s an ongoing trend.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Boyd converted its showroom at Suncoast into a sportsbook.<\/p>\n

The Duomo at Rio, host to \u201cRaiding the Rock Vault\u201d closed in 2023.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Caesars Entertainment closed several live theater spaces<\/a>: Cleopatra\u2019s Barge (now Caspian\u2019s lounge) and the Anthony Cools theater at Paris.<\/p>\n

When Sin City Theater at Planet Hollywood closed, it lost \u201cTenors of Rock\u201d and \u201cCrazy Girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are probably more examples, but it\u2019s unlikely you\u2019ve read this far. Which is unfortunate. We sometimes have a really good joke at the end of our posts. Not recently, but we slayed in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cLate Night Magic\u201d closes at Orleans on March 8, 2025.<\/p>\n

We first learned about the Venue closure from Adam London\u2019s post, but the story originally appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll let you know as these shows find new homes.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, shows don\u2019t find new homes. Sometimes, that\u2019s for the best. Looking at you, \u201cDefending the Caveman,\u201d \u201cMarilyn, The New Musical\u201d and \u201cBat Out of Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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