Vegas showgirl spectacle Jubilee to end after 30-plus years
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In this Dec. 13, 2013 file photo, Danica Patrick, center, and the Jubilee Showgirls perform onstage at the American Country Awards at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS >> The showgirls of the long-running Las Vegas spectacle Jubilee are hanging up their elaborate headdresses.
Caesars Entertainment announced Sunday that the show at Bally’s Las Vegas casino-hotel would end Feb. 11.
Jubilee got its start in 1981. It’s the longest-running show currently on the Strip.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority citing UNLV records says the Folies Bergere showgirl show was the longest running show at 50 years before it ended in 2009.
Caesars has said hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals were used on the costumes when the show debuted 34 years ago.
The show had recently been reimagined to coincide with renovations at Bally’s Las Vegas, including a tower of hotel rooms dubbed the Jubilee Tower.
The company says it’s considering a new show featuring showgirls.
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there must be a height requirement to be a showgirl.
I was at Bally’sa little while ago. They had a couple of the showgirls from Jubilee out in front of the showroom to pose for pictures with Hotel guests. The showgirls were all tall, well over 6 feet with heels, and very beautiful, and friendly to guests. I felt it was a part of “old” Las Vegas. All shows must end, and I guess its time to lower the curtain on Jubilee.
Just horrible that these last vestiges of sexism and oppression still exist
So you would also object to Thunder from Down Under?
If this kind of show is indeed sexist and oppressive to women, somebody had better tell that to the more than half-dozen obviously appreciative women in the audience. If one wants to immerse oneself in depravity, it’s really just a few mouse clicks away.
Glad Danica Patrick doesn’t agree with you, Allie.