{"id":14370,"date":"2016-03-15T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=14370"},"modified":"2016-03-15T09:13:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:13:19","slug":"imagine-a-rotting-elvis-shopping-for-fresh-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=14370","title":{"rendered":"Imagine a rotting Elvis shopping for fresh fruit…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Statesman<\/strong> ran an AP article on the decline of Elvis mania in Las Vegas. I think this is the original.<\/a><\/p>\n

Low attendance numbers were also to blame when the Viva Elvis Cirque du Soleil show at the Aria casino-hotel was cancelled in 2012 after a two-year run. That’s a much shorter shelf life than most of its sister shows. The longest-running one, Myste’re, started on the Strip more than two decades ago.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s left the Strip’s largest casino operator, MGM Resorts International, without any Elvis-themed shows, attractions or weddings. Rival Caesars Entertainment Corporation still hosts tribute acts and weddings, but a spokeswoman said few of those getting hitched ever choose the official Elvis packages.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

Elvis impersonator Ted Payne, 54 said business has slowed dramatically since he started taking photos with tourists for tips just six years ago.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“When I first started out, I wouldn’t get out of a bed unless I (could) make at least $150,” he said. “Now, these days, $50 is a great day.”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

Others say the market was oversaturated by Elvis impersonators for so long that the appeal burned itself out here, even as Elvis’ reach grows internationally.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no joke here, I just like saying “oversaturated by Elvis impersonators”.<\/p>\n

First Liberace<\/a>, now Elvis. Is there no sense of history in Vegas?<\/p>\n

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Today’s Statesman ran an AP article on the decline of Elvis mania in Las Vegas. I think this is the original. Low attendance numbers were also to blame when the Viva Elvis Cirque du Soleil show at the Aria casino-hotel was cancelled in 2012 after a two-year run. That’s a much shorter shelf life than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,127,40,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clippings","category-elvis","category-music","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14371,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14370\/revisions\/14371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}