Top-Grossing Vegas Residencies of All Time — Report

Posted on: July 17, 2024, 11:12h. 

Last updated on: July 17, 2024, 12:43h.

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Expertise: Commercial Gaming, Entertainment, Expert Insight, Las Vegas, Restaurants, Las Vegas Myths.

On July 17, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a list of the Top 10 grossing Las Vegas residencies of all time.

Lady Gaga is the fourth female to surpass the $100 million milestone in Las Vegas after Celine Dion, Cher, and Jennifer Lopez. (Image: Instagram/Lady Gaga)

Ascribing dollar figures to Las Vegas concerts is difficult and controversial since that information is usually kept secret by the venues, their partner resorts, and by concert promoters Live Nation and AEG Presents.

The R-J wrote that it compiled its list based on sales tracked internationally by the Instagram page @TouringMedia, combined with reports from Billboard magazine. (Casino.org couldn’t find any publication of concert grosses by @TouringMedia on Instagram, and Billboard only publishes dollar figures from the rare Las Vegas venues that provide it to them.)

The R-J’s list doesn’t include Adele, because her residency at Caesars Palace is ongoing. However, it does include Bruno Mars, whose residency at Park MGM is also ongoing.

The R-J reports that “Weekends with Adele” is expected to gross $220 million by the time it wraps in November. In that case, it would knock Elton John from the fourth spot, though how Bruno Mars fares through September 1 could change that.

The online casino Playstar released a similar list last March.

The news peg for the R-J’s story was Lady Gaga’s recent conclusion of her relatively simultaneous Park MGM residencies, “Jazz + Piano” and “Enigma.” The newspaper combined them for a No. 8 showing at $110 million.

The R-J’s Top 10 Vegas Residencies

  1. Celine Dion: $386.7M, “A New Day…,” Caesars Palace, 2003-07 (192 shows, 2.8M tickets)
  2. Celine Dion: $296.2M, “Celine,” Caesars Palace, 2011-19, (427 shows, 1.7M tickets)
  3. U2, $244.5M: “U2:UV Achtung Baby,” Sphere, 2023-24 (40 shows, 663,000 tickets)
  4. Elton John: $169.7M, “The Red Piano,” Caesars Palace, 2004-09 (247 shows, 982,000 tickets)
  5. Britney Spears, $137.7M: “Piece of Me,” Planet Hollywood, 2013-17 (248 shows, 916,000 tickets)
  6. Elton John, $136.4M: “The Million Dollar Piano,” Caesars Palace, 2011-18 (189 shows, 777,000 tickets)
  7. Bruno Mars, $124.5M: “Bruno Mars at Park MGM,” 2016-present (74 shows, 384,000 tickets)
  8. Lady Gaga, $110.0M: “Enigma” and “Jazz + Piano,” Park MGM, 2018-24 (72 shows, 376,000 tickets)
  9. Jennifer Lopez, $101.9M: “All I Am,” Planet Hollywood, 2016-2018 (120 shows, 487,000 tickets)
  10. Cher, $97.4M: “Cher,” Caesars Palace (192 shows, 698,00 tickets)