the 'music of the night' opens on the strip.

Yet another Broadway show opens in Vegas. From PR NewsWire:

PHANTOM - THE LAS VEGAS SPECTACULAR OPENS IN STUNNING NEW THEATER AT THE VENETIAN RESORT CASINO

LAS VEGAS - The world's most celebrated musical now has a home in the Entertainment Capitol of the World.

The Phantom of the Opera - The Las Vegas Spectacular opened June 24, 2006, in a stunning, $75 million production at The Venetian Resort * Hotel * Casino. The production reunites creator Andrew Lloyd Webber with original director Harold Prince, revisiting their musical masterpiece and combining its timeless story and captivating music with the technological advances of the last two decades.

"It's a rare opportunity we have to utilize all of the theatrical advancements of the last 20 years and create an environment that is singularly unique to Phantom," said Andrew Lloyd Webber. "But in the end, it is always the story of Phantom and the universal theme of love and love lost that stays with the audience." Read more.

This is at least the third or fourth major production that's opened in Vegas after either a London or New York opening. Here's the obvious: Vegas entertainment has come a long way, baby.

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