Las Vegas Strip casino closes legendary hard rock band residency
The popular hard rock band wraps up its first Las Vegas Strip residency since 2013.
Las Vegas Strip casinos depend on a lot of factors that determine financial success.
Casino gaming revenue, which increased by 5.5% on the Strip in August, is one of the important factors, as well as visitor volume and hotel occupancy rates.
Visitor volume in the Las Vegas area declined in August by 6.7%, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, totaling 3.17 million visitors, down from 3.39 million in August 2024.
Hotel occupancy on the Strip drops
When an area has fewer visitors, hotels suffer and occupancy declines. Las Vegas Strip hotel occupancy declined by 3.6% in August to 81%, compared to 84.6% in August 2024.
Visitor volume and hotel occupancy are important to casinos for attracting guests to their gaming floors and restaurants.
Headliner entertainment is another important feature for luring guests into casinos.
Sold-out residency shows will attract 1,000s of concert fans into hotel-casinos to dine at their restaurants and gamble in their casinos. Casino operators are busy competing to schedule the top music artists in their showrooms and theaters to attract fans.
Major residencies on the Strip in October include Eagles at the Sphere Las Vegas, Rod Stewart at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Donny Osmond at Harrah's Las Vegas, Earth, Wind and Fire at the Venetian Theater at the Venetian Resort, and Lionel Richie at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.
Top residencies on the Las Vegas Strip:
- Eagles at the Sphere Las Vegas
- Rod Stewart at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
- Donny Osmond at Harrah's Las Vegas
- Earth, Wind and Fire at the Venetian Theater at the Venetian Resort
- Lionel Richie at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas
Several major music stars have also closed residencies on the Strip. Image source: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Mötley Crüe closes Dolby Live residency
Legendary hard rock band Mötley Crüe's long road back to a Las Vegas Strip residency comes to an end as the popular group closes its 10-show engagement at Dolby Live at the Park MGM on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.
Mötley Crüe was ready to perform its first Las Vegas Strip residency in 12 years, but had to cancel all 11 shows that it scheduled at Dolby Live in March and April 2025 because of a medical issue.
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The band revealed in an Instagram post that it was forced to cancel the shows and reschedule most of them for September 2025 after lead vocalist Vince Neil's doctors advised the singer that he required a medical procedure.
The band rescheduled 10 of the 11 residency performances with eight shows in September and two more on Oct. 1 and 3, 2025.
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Tickets are available for the final Oct. 3 performance at Ticketmaster.com, ranging from about $46 in upper-level Section 404 to about $159 in mid-level Section 305.
Better seats can be purchased through verified resale or ticket brokers for much higher prices.
Ticket proceeds benefit homeless youths
A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth through Mötley Crüe's Giveback Initiative and Live Nation.
The band last performed residencies on the Las Vegas Strip at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in 2012 and 2013.
Residencies closed on the Strip:
- Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, Venetian Las Vegas.
- Janet Jackson, Resorts World.
- Scorpions, PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
- Lenny Kravitz, Dolby Live at Park MGM.
Among the recent closings on the Strip were rock legend Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band's six-show residency at the Venetian Theater at Apollo Global Management's Venetian Las Vegas, which closed on Sept. 27.
Other closings include Janet Jackson ending her 22-show residency at Resorts World on Sept. 20, hard rock band Scorpions, shutting down its "Coming Home to Las Vegas 60th Anniversary" residency at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Aug. 23, and superstar rocker Lenny Kravitz finishing his 10-show "Blue Electric Light Las Vegas" residency at Park MGM's Dolby Live on Aug. 9.
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