Adele’s residency “Weekends with Adele” kicks off this weekend at the Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. Boy is this big! Big show, big event, big money! Did I say big?
Adele will enjoy her 24-show residency that starts this Friday night and continues through April 16.
Ticket prices for each show run between $1,300 and $17,000 each. Just on those numbers Adele will earn in the range of $950,000 per show … or more!
Of course, that’s before her cut of all merchandise sold at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace during her residency.
Adele should send a thank you gift to Celine Dion for this opportunity. Way back in 2003 Caesars built the Colosseum to host Dion’s “A New Day” residency. She was originally contracted for three years for an astounding $100 million, plus 50 percent of the profits during the original three-year contract. But, due to its immediate success, the show extended an additional two years. A New Day ended on 15 December 2007, after a five-year run, grossing over US$385 million. That was about $500,000 per show.
Adele will be getting much more for show, but Dion was doing over 70 shows a year. The Canadian singer then followed up A New Day with a second residence “Celine” from 2011-2019. More big bucks followed. Adele would have to do a lot more over a lot of years to catch Dion as the biggest earner on Las Vegas stages.
Don’t feel bad for Adele, as reports say she will be one well looked-after lady. The singer will stay in the Colosseum’s dedicated suite, which comes with a full staff including a butler, executive assistant, chauffeur, and a special security detail. She and all her guests will eat and drink for free at any Caesars’ resort.
I wish I had learned to sing.
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