Wayne Newton: Up Close and Personal Tickets

Wayne Newton is the last living link to the Vegas that invented Vegas — Mr. Las Vegas himself, now in his mid-80s, holding court in the 150-seat Bugsy's Cabaret at the Flamingo with “Up Close and Personal.” The format is exactly that: part songs, part six decades of stories — Sinatra, Elvis, the Rat Pack, all firsthand — and part audience Q&A, in a room small enough that “up close” is literal.

Book it with clear eyes: this is not a concert. His voice is well past its prime and the actual singing is limited — you're paying around $73 (about $88 with fees) for proximity to a living piece of entertainment history, and on those terms the room regularly leaves delighted. Skeptics of nostalgia acts should spend elsewhere. Performances run in clusters of select nights — typically Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7 PM — rather than a fixed weekly grid, so check the calendar for real dates. About 80–90 minutes, family-friendly, ages 5+.