{"id":256151,"date":"2023-01-27T14:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T20:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=256151"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T21:35:22","slug":"jay-leno-reveals-his-other-hobby-related-injury-before-las-vegas-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/jay-leno-reveals-his-other-hobby-related-injury-before-las-vegas-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Leno Reveals His OTHER Hobby-Related Injury Before Switching Las Vegas Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mirage headliner Jay Leno thought his days of maiming himself while engaged in a hobby were behind him. On Nov. 12, he famously received second-degree burns on his face and upper body when the engine of one of his rare vintage cars burst into flames while he tinkered with it in his garage.<\/p>\n<p>He had just made a nearly complete recovery from those injuries when the universe reminded him that he still rides a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_256184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256184\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-256184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/leno-at-the-mirage-ticketcity-dot-com.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Leno\" width=\"1200\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/leno-at-the-mirage-ticketcity-dot-com.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/leno-at-the-mirage-ticketcity-dot-com-858x600.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/leno-at-the-mirage-ticketcity-dot-com-430x301.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-256184\"class=\"text-description\">Former &#8216;Tonight Show&#8217; host Jay Leno, who has performed at the Mirage for the last 15 years, will make his debut at Wynn Las Vegas on March 31. (Image: ticketcity.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Jan. 17, Leno, 72, was riding a vintage 1940 Indian model when he noticed the smell of leaking gas. So he turned off the road and into a parking lot to assess the situation. But the situation got much worse, because the owner of the lot had strung a thin wire across it, with no warning flag attached.<\/p>\n<p>Leno flew off his bike, breaking his collarbone, two ribs, and both kneecaps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m OK!\u201d Leno told <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> gossip columnist John Katsilometes. \u201cI\u2019m OK, I\u2019m working. I\u2019m working this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kats was gifted the scoop about Leno&#8217;s wire injury while interviewing him about his fire injury. According to Leno, he hadn\u2019t mentioned the newer one to anyone yet, and the media hadn\u2019t discovered it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free,\u201d Leno joked. \u201cAfter that, you\u2019re Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Encore For Leno<\/h2>\n<p>Leno is one of an elite handful of regular Mirage Las Vegas headliners \u2013 a list that also includes Ray Romano, Tim Allen, and Bill Maher \u2013 who find themselves at a crossroads since the Mirage is no longer owned by MGM Resorts International. It is about to undergo a top-to-bottom redo before becoming Hard Rock Las Vegas in 2024 or 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Romano and Allen are apparently sticking with the Mirage for as long as they can, both booking spring dates. But Maher has switched performance spaces to the MGM Grand. And Leno, who performed at the Mirage for 15 years, may be mulling a separation from the MGM mothership entirely. He performs for one night at the Encore Theater Wynn on March 31. It will not only be his first Vegas appearance since his fire and wire injuries, \u00a0but also at Wynn Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>He told Kats he was impressed with Encore Theater while in town hosting the Concours d\u2019Elegance car show at the Wynn last October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw that theater and said, \u2018I\u2019d love to play here,\u2019 and just made the call,\u201d Leno said. \u201cIt worked out well. The great thing about Vegas is the lights, the sound, it\u2019s all a given. It\u2019s done right. You play some gigs, like the Holiday Inn in Chicago, and it\u2019s, \u2018Hey, everybody WOOOOP! WOOOOP!\u2019 In Vegas, you have a high level of professionalism from the crews, and everybody. It\u2019s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mirage headliner Jay Leno thought his days of maiming himself while engaged in a hobby were behind him. 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