New Edition was founded by childhood friends in a Boston housing project and became one of the originators of the modern-day boy band. We wanted it to be up, close and personal for our fans.” “This is going to more theatrical than our Legacy and Culture tours,” Brown said. “We’re looking to touch that stage and continue on with the legacy,” he said.Īfter two consecutive North American tours, New Edition has planned for a more intimate setting at Encore, which seats 1,480. Monday’s announcement came after days after the group performed a tightly choreographed tribute to the Spinners at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York.ĭeVoe said the band heard fans countless requests - particularly through social media - for them to perform in Sin City. “We just caught lightning in a bottle,” said Ronnie DeVoe, a founding member of New Edition - which includes Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant and Ricky Bell.

The group confirmed six residency shows at the Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theater, where acts like Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie and Brad Paisley have taken the stage. The Grammy-nominated sextet announced that New Edition: Las Vegas will kick off Feb. One more casino resort may be issued, though there has been no announcement yet.R &B group New Edition will bring their New Jack Swing tunes to Las Vegas early next year. A slot parlor opened at Plainridge Park Casino in 2015, and MGM and Encore are two casino resorts. In 2011, the Expanded Gaming Act passed in Massachusetts, allowing as many three casino resorts and one slot parlor to be opened in the state. It cost $960 million to build, according to The Boston Globe, and has 250 rooms, nearly a dozen food and beverage outlets and a 125,000-square-foot casino. In August 2018, MGM opened a 2 million-square-foot casino resort in Springfield, Massachusetts, about 90 miles from Boston.

The resort planted 1,000 trees and plenty of floral as well as sculptures. The Harborwalk, opening the same day, is a park that opens the shoreline to the public for the first time in more than a century, according to Encore.

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