several shows returned<\/a> to the stage, with more planned, but removal of the 25-foot rule should spark a new wave of reopenings.<\/p>\nAnd if you’ve ever tried to spark a wave, you know how difficult that can be.<\/p>\n
A year of downtime has been tough for performers, producers, technicians and myriad others involved with Las Vegas shows. It’ll be great to see them doing their thing again, and we may even hold off on writing bad reviews for awhile just to give them a minute to regain their footing.<\/p>\n
Emphasis on “might.” Looking at you, Gordie Brown.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
State officials have nixed a ridiculous rule that required a 25-foot “moat” between performers and audience members at Las Vegas shows. The rule meant dozens of shows couldn’t break even, especially coupled with extreme capacity rules. Reversal of this rule opens the floodgates for Las Vegas shows to return. In other fairly common sense changes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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