Entertainment
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Deadheads Teach County Commissioner A Lesson
By Pat Christenson Vegas Event Insider is a weekly blog covering the history and stories about the Las Vegas event industry. Not Such a Strange Trip After All Clark County Commissioner gets lesson in the power of the tie-dye April 27th, 1991, was a beautiful mid-70s-degree day. A $23.50 ticket got 60,000 fans in to see Santana…
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Booking The Grateful Dead in Sam Boyd Stadium
By Pat Christenson Vegas Event Insider is a weekly blog covering the history and stories about the Las Vegas event industry. Booking the Dead in Sam Boyd Stadium In the eighties, While Deadheads flocked to the Aladdin for the annual show, I made my way across the valley to see Bob Barsotti, Bill Graham’s promoter rep. With…
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Venues That Shaped the Grateful Dead: Ice Palace and Aladdin
By Pat Christenson Vegas Event Insider is a weekly blog covering the history and stories about the Las Vegas event industry. In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Ice Palace in Las Vegas and then the Aladdin, before they grew big enough to fill Sam Boyd Stadium. The Ice Palace When it comes to live music history…
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The Grateful Dead: Concert Experience
By Pat Christenson Vegas Event Insider is a weekly blog covering the history and stories about the Las Vegas event industry. A Grateful Dead Concert “And now, for something completely different” -Monty Python A Grateful Dead concert is a destination, communal experience from a band that was more conscious about their fans’ experiences than the precision of…
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Vegas and The Grateful Dead
By Pat Christenson Vegas Event Insider is a weekly blog covering the history and stories about the Las Vegas event industry. Vegas and the Grateful Dead “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” When Dead & Company exited the stage after their iconic 30th performance, I contemplated the path they and Las Vegas have taken and how…
