{"id":49017,"date":"2017-04-25T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=49017"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T18:17:14","slug":"elton-john-cancels-caesars-palace-run-due-potentially-deadly-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/elton-john-cancels-caesars-palace-run-due-potentially-deadly-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Cancels Caesars Palace Run Due to \u201cPotentially Deadly\u201d Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">Elton John has canceled all performances of his &#8220;Million Dollar Piano&#8221; shows at the Coliseum in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, for the next two months after succumbing to a potentially deadly \u201charmful and unusual bacterial infection.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49018\" data-style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/million1.jpg\" alt=\"Elton John cancels Vegas shows following life-threatening infection. \" width=\"620\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/million1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/million1-142x58.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/million1-166x68.jpg 166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-49018\"class=\"text-description\">Elton John performs on his Million Dollar Piano at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, although those hoping to catch him there over the next two months will be disappointed. (eltonjohn.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 70-year-old star contracted the unnamed infection during a tour of South America, becoming \u201cviolently ill\u201d on a flight from Santiago, Chile, to his home in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">On arrival, he was admitted to hospital where he spent two nights in intensive care, according to his publicist, Rogers and Cowan. He was released from hospital on Saturday and is now \u201ccomfortably resting at home per doctor\u2019s advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Someone Saved My Life Tonight<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cInfections of this nature are rare and potentially deadly,\u201d read a statement from Rogers and Cowan. \u201cThankfully, Elton&#8217;s medical team identified this quickly and treated it successfully. He is expected to make a full and complete recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/10-unmissable-vegas-shows\/\">Las Vegas<\/a> casinos now derive way over half of their revenues from their non-gaming amenities, the lion\u2019s share of that comes from hotel rooms, drinks and food, rather than ticket sales for shows, so it\u2019s difficult to quantify the financial hit Caesars might take from the cancellation of its star attraction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It will certainly lose revenue from all those Elton fans who would have bought food and drinks and paid for hotel rooms, but possibly not as much as Elton himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>The singer is raking in around $500,000 per show, according to entertainment news site TMZ, and gets 88 percent of the door receipts, which TMZ assures us is more than Britney gets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">That means Elton\u2019s mystery illness is likely to cost him around $4 million through the cancellation of eight Vegas shows.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>I\u2019m Still Standing<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Elton has been performing the Million Dollar Piano at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/caesars-awarded-critical-five-week-shield-from-13-billion-in-lawsuits\">Caesars<\/a> since 2011 on a piano that is indeed valued at $1 million. The piano in question was designed by the singer and Yamaha Entertainment and is described as a 3,200-pound \u201cengineering marvel\u201d featuring more than 68 LED video screens, which display imagery to complement each of the show&#8217;s songs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI am so fortunate to have the most incredible and loyal fans and apologise for disappointing them. I am extremely grateful to the medical team for their excellence in looking after me so well,\u201d John said\u00a0in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Those with tickets to the canceled shows will be refunded, and meanwhile the singer is expected to make a full recovery and will be back on stage at London\u2019s Twickenham Stadium on June 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John has canceled all performances of his &#8220;Million Dollar Piano&#8221; shows at the Coliseum in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, for the next two months after succumbing to a potentially deadly \u201charmful and unusual bacterial infection.\u201d The 70-year-old star contracted the unnamed infection during a tour of South America, becoming \u201cviolently ill\u201d on a flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":49018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - 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