Murray the Magician Says Tropicana Closure Hurts Las Vegas Entertainers

One of the most well-known on line casino resorts in Las Vegas is closing, and one in every of its longtime headliners says it spells bother for Sin City entertainers.

The Tropicana introduced this week it is shuttering in April, and can in the end be demolished to make means for a brand new baseball stadium being constructed for the Las Vegas Athletics, the MLB workforce relocating from Oakland.

Murray The Magician, who has a residency at the Tropicana, tells TMZ … the impending closure might create main issues for performers who’ve been doing their factor at the property.

As the ‘AGT’ alum explains, the Las Vegas Strip is hypercompetitive for entertainers — there are greater than 70 reveals an evening on the 2.5-mile stretch, with solely a lot wealth to go round … and the Tropicana closing eliminates 2 venues.

So, some acts are going to be not noted in the chilly.

There’s a historic layer to this too … the Tropicana’s been a launching pad for thus many Vegas performers, and Murray says the property modified the means people are entertained in Sin City.

Siegfried and Roy bought their begin at the Tropicana, and Murray says with out them there could be no Cirque du Soleil. The Tropicana additionally hosted the Folies Bergere for almost half a century, and it is the place Gladys Knight and Wayne Newton as soon as had residencies.

Murray does his present at the Laugh Factory at the Tropicana, and the property additionally hosts tribute reveals for Michael Jackson and Prince.

For what it is price, there are reviews the “MJ Live” and “Purple Reign” tribute reveals are relocating to new spots in Vegas — and, likewise, Murray says he is sticking with the Laugh Factory, which is ending a deal to maneuver on the Strip.