{"id":252869,"date":"2023-01-11T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=252869"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:33:49","slug":"is-adele-using-seat-fillers-to-hide-unsold-las-vegas-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/is-adele-using-seat-fillers-to-hide-unsold-las-vegas-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Adele’s Las Vegas Residency Uses Seat-Fillers, But Not for the Reason You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sun <\/em>recently reported that superstar singer Adele was secretly employing \u201cseat-fillers\u201d to mask empty seats at her Caesars Palace residency. Quoting unnamed \u201cinsiders at the Colosseum\u201d with the scoop, the British tabloid asserted that some performances aren\u2019t drawing a full audience, and seat-fillers are necessary because \u201cthe early demand to see her sing has waned \u2013 and that is reflected in the price of tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to a recent British tabloid report, many people in this ‘Weekends with Adele’ crowd at Caesars Palace are not true Adele fans but seat-fillers \u2013 evidence that demand to catch the singer’s first Las Vegas residency is waning. (Image: travelandleisure.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This argument is weak for several reasons, which is why Casino.org <\/em>chose not to pick up the initial report.<\/p>\n

Firstly, resale tickets are tickets that have already sold. Their prices have zero correlation to venue vacancies. Secondly, after every single \u201cWeekends with Adele\u201d ticket sold out last summer, front-row seats were offered on Stubhub for $41,280 each.<\/a> Now, many can be found for around $4,000.<\/p>\n

Does $4,000 a seat really indicate a waning of interest in Adele, or just several greedy individuals coming to grips with the reality of market forces?<\/p>\n

What About the Seat-Filling?<\/h2>\n

As it turns out, The Sun<\/em> was partially correct about the seat-fillers. They are used, according to a repudiation of the Sun<\/em> story by John Katsilometes, entertainment columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. <\/em>But they\u2019re not used to cover up for shamefully unsold Adele seats.<\/p>\n

According to Katz, Caesars Palace will call on employees \u2013 and those who work for partner companies \u2013 to occupy seats when it appears that ticket-holders can\u2019t make the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No-shows have become increasingly commonplace in Las Vegas since COVID-19, especially after thousands of Southwest flights into Las Vegas were canceled over the holidays because of the failure of the airline\u2019s obsolete booking system.<\/p>\n

Last-Minute Tickets<\/h2>\n

As further evidence of its theory of waning Adele demand, The Sun <\/em>also cited the fact that it\u2019s possible \u201cfor some fans to nab a last-minute ticket for just a hundred dollars or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yes, that\u2019s also true. But again, it’s not because of waning demand. Non-Caesars Palace employees were always able to purchase same-day tickets in person at the venue box office. Typically, a few tickets become available for every show that have either been canceled or returned to the box office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Relying on this method is far from a guarantee. But hey, you\u2019re in Las Vegas, right?<\/p>\n

Adele continues to perform at Caesars Palace on weekends though March 25. All tickets are sold out. (But did we really need to tell you that?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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