PHOTOS: MAYOR OF BEIJING HOSTS CEREMONIOUS CONTRACT SIGNING EVENT FOR NEW LAS VEGAS SHOW, PANDA!
PANDA! Director, An Zhao, President and COO of The Venetian®, The Palazzo®, and Sands® Expo, John Caparella, and Beijing Mayor, Wang Anshun, were present for the signing
PANDA!, the first ever Chinese-produced show to take up a Las Vegas residency, has been met with enthusiasm in Beijing, where the mayor of the city, Wang Anshun hosted the director of the show, An Zhao, and John Caparella, president and chief operating officer, The Venetian, The Palazzo, and Sands Expo, for a ceremonious contract signing for the show’s Las Vegas engagement. The event took place in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 8 at the China International Exhibition Center.
Produced by a team whose impressive credits include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PANDA! will make its world-premiere at the Palazzo Theater, Dec. 16, 2013. The visually stunning show promises to dazzle the senses by combining high-flying acrobatics, kung fu mastery, music, and dance, transporting audiences to a realm of Far Eastern folklore.
PANDA! will perform Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m. For up-to-date schedule information, including dark dates, or to purchase tickets ($48 – $128) visit any Venetian|Palazzo Box Office, or go online to www.venetian.com/panda, or call 702.414.9000.
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With more than 3,000 spacious suites, luxury shopping ,world-class dining and entertainment, the $1.9 billion, Silver LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified Palazzo Las Vegas literally takes luxury to new heights. Ranked as one of the top 25 hotels in the U.S. and Canada in Travel + Leisure “World’s Best Awards” for two consecutive years, the AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide Four Star-Award winning resort is highlighted by a flagship 85,000-square-foot Barneys New York. Grand Canal Shoppes®, feature more than 60 luxury boutiques, including 20 remarkable stores and couture brands making their Las Vegas debuts at The Palazzo including Chloé, Tory Burch, Christian Louboutin, Diane von Furstenberg, Van Cleef & Arpels. The all-suite resort offers plush and opulent suite accommodations ranging from a Luxury Suite at an unprecedented 720 square feet to the 8,000-square-foot Chairman suite with private terraces and plunge pools. The Palazzo also offers a variety of cuisines from a collection of award-winning chefs such as Carnevino by Mario Batali, CUT by Wolfgang Puck and Table 10 by Emeril Lagasse. Other unique offerings include PANDA!, an unprecedented theatrical spectacle; the chic dining and nightlife hotspot, LAVO; the world’s largest Canyon Ranch SpaClub; the ultimate sports bar, sportsbook and restaurant on the Strip, Lagasse’s Stadium; and Prestige at The Palazzo – an exclusive space designed to offer the sophisticated traveler an elevated level of services and amenities. Guests can earn points while they eat, sleep, shop and play with Grazie, the premier loyalty program. The Palazzo and its famed sister resort, The Venetian Las Vegas, are the first ever Alliance Resorts in the InterContinental Hotel Group global portfolio. For additional information, visit The Palazzo website at palazzolasvegas.com, follow on Twitter @palazzovegas and interact on Facebook at facebook.com/palazzolasvegas.