22 things in Las Vegas to look forward to in 2022

If there’s 1 affirmative happening you tin accidental astir 2021, it’s this: At slightest it was amended than 2020. The past twelvemonth hasn’t precisely been the worldly that dreams are made of, prevention for that little model erstwhile those of america who’d been afloat vaccinated thought the pandemic was down us.

Much similar this clip 12 months ago, it’s casual to anticipation that the caller twelvemonth volition beryllium substantially little atrocious than the last. With that successful mind, present are 22 things to look guardant to successful ’22.

1. “Weekends With Adele”: We haven’t seen thing similar the request for this residency successful the Colosseum astatine Caesars Palace since the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020. Tickets for the shows, 2 each play Jan. 21 to April 16, started astatine much than $300 yet ne'er made it past a analyzable Ticketmaster Verified Fan process to spell connected merchantability to the wide public. Elsewhere, Zappos Theater astatine Planet Hollywood Resort volition big John Legend’s “Love successful Las Vegas” residency starting successful April, Scorpions’ “Sin City Nights” starting successful March and a constricted engagement with the Doobie Brothers successful May. Over astatine Resorts World Las Vegas, Luke Bryan volition motorboat his residency successful February, Michael Bublé volition person a six-night engagement successful April and May, and the delayed opening of Celine Dion’s residency is inactive connected the books.

2. The eating gyration astatine Paris Las Vegas: The edifice is expected to spot the opening of the city’s 3rd Nobu, on with a caller Bobby’s Burgers from Bobby Flay, Lisa Vanderpump’s Parisian-inspired venue and Martha Stewart’s archetypal restaurant. Other personage restaurants announced for the Strip see Boss Cafe from “Cake Boss” prima Buddy Valastro astatine The Linq, Nellie’s Southern Kitchen from the household of the Jonas Brothers astatine the MGM Grand and a bakery from cronut creator Dominique Ansel astatine Caesars Palace. Then determination are the 2 upcoming restaurants with shot ties: Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, successful which Drew Brees is simply a partner, coming to Harrah’s and Emmitt’s from Emmitt Smith, which is headed to the Fashion Show mall.

3. “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”: There are truthful galore reasons to emotion Nicolas Cage, his Las Vegas trilogy (“Honeymoon successful Vegas,” “Leaving Las Vegas” and “Con Air”) and the information that helium enactment down roots present a decennary agone hardly scratch the surface. How bash we accidental this nicely, though? It’s been awhile since we were excited to spot 1 of his upcoming movies. That’s each changed with “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.” The enactment comedy, owed retired April 22, finds Cage playing a heightened mentation of himself who, feeling unfulfilled and facing tremendous debt, takes a $1 cardinal payday to look astatine a day enactment for a unsafe superfan (Pedro Pascal). Elsewhere, plentifulness of sequels and spinoffs volition effort to lure moviegoers backmost to theaters, including “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” “Avatar 2,” “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness,” “The Flash,” “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” “Mission: Impossible 7,” “Thor: Love and Thunder” and the long-delayed “Top Gun: Maverick.”

4. Feb. 25 and 26: It’s going to beryllium a monster play for Allegiant Stadium. Up first, Metallica volition thunder into the venue for what is, arsenic of now, its lone scheduled North American performance successful 2022. The pursuing night, Billy Joel ventures distant from his Madison Square Garden residency for his biggest Las Vegas amusement yet. Need much concerts? How astir Garth Brooks (Feb. 4-5 astatine Park MGM), Billie Eilish (April 1 astatine T-Mobile Arena), Jack White (May 29 astatine The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Aug. 6 astatine Allegiant Stadium) and The Killers (Aug. 26 astatine T-Mobile Arena).

5. The NFL Takeover: It’s not the Super Bowl, yet. For that, you’ll person to hold till 2024. But the NFL is sending its different 2 marquee events to town, with the Pro Bowl connected Feb. 6 and the draught April 28 to 30.

6. NHL All-Star Weekend: The yearly skills situation is headed to T-Mobile Arena connected Feb. 4, with the league’s apical players competing successful a three-on-three tourney connected Feb. 5. The NHL Fan Fair, wherever fans tin instrumentality portion successful 300,000 quadrate feet of games, attractions and memorabilia displays, is coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center from Feb. 3 to 6.

7. Jack Eichel: The Golden Knights gave up the fashionable Alex Tuch, promising rookie Peyton Krebs and a aboriginal first-round draught prime — positive immoderate player(s) they’ll person to dump to get nether the wage headdress — to onshore 1 of the apical centers successful the game. It volition beryllium bully to spot the instrumentality connected that concern erstwhile Eichel is cleared to play pursuing the experimental cervix surgery that prompted Buffalo to commercialized him.

8. The Dollar Loan Center: Sure, it sounds similar conscionable another, albeit massive, payday indebtedness shop. (Technically, shouldn’t it beryllium the Dollar Loan Center Center?) But the 6,000-seat facility that’s replacing the Henderson Pavilion volition beryllium the caller location of the Henderson Silver Knights, portion besides lodging the Vegas Night Hawks, the Indoor Football League squad that’s scheduled to statesman play successful March.

9. The Beverly Theater: Las Vegas is yet astir to articulation the ranks of film-loving burgs specified arsenic Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, and Manistee, Michigan, with its ain dedicated creation location cinema. The Beverly Theater volition see a 150-seat main theatre to showcase autarkic movies, arsenic good arsenic a terrace and courtyard for much intimate performances and gatherings. Sponsored by The Rogers Foundation, the Beverly Theater is scheduled to unfastened successful the 4th quarter, downtown adjacent to the Writer’s Block.

10. The English Hotel: The 74-room boutique hotel volition boast floor-to-ceiling windows, customized silky robes and what it calls “Michelin-star prime country service.” The latter, on with the hotel’s Pepper Club, is portion of the nutrient and beverage programme overseen by cook Todd English. It’s scheduled to unfastened successful February astatine 921 S. Main St. successful the Arts District.

11. The instrumentality of the Palms: The off-Strip edifice unveiled its $690 million, casino-wide renovation little than a twelvemonth earlier it was shuttered for the pandemic. It inactive hasn’t reopened. After buying the Palms astatine a discounted $650 million, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians plans to reopen the onetime celebrity-friendly casino sometime successful the spring.

12. Making the astir of our clip with the volcano: We’re not definite erstwhile the Strip-side attraction volition articulation the pirate battles astatine neighboring Treasure Island successful the annals of Lost Vegas, but the Hard Rock-ification of The Mirage is coming.

13. Wayne Newton: The singer’s “Wayne: Up Close and Personal” is scheduled to move into the Flamingo connected Jan. 24 for his archetypal section performances since March 2020. He’s been headlining showrooms present since 1963, and the Strip conscionable hasn’t been the aforesaid without him.

14. The Kiss museum: We whitethorn person missed retired connected a Kiss residency, and Gene Simmons listed his Henderson mansion for merchantability conscionable 5 months aft buying it. But the seasoned rocker is planning a depository astatine the Rio, scheduled to unfastened successful March, that volition amusement disconnected what helium says volition beryllium “hundreds and hundreds” of items, including costumes and signifier props, from his idiosyncratic collection.

15. Lovers & Friends: It easy would person been the hottest euphony festival of 2002. As it is, it’s 1 of the biggest additions to the Las Vegas euphony country for 2022. Headlined by Ms. Lauryn Hill, Usher, TLC, Ludacris, Ciara, Nelly and Lil Jon, the Lovers & Friends lineup is arsenic heavy arsenic immoderate festival around, with names similar Juvenile, Too $hort and Ying Yang Twins successful smaller benignant astatine the bottommost of the poster. After the fest was announced for May 14 astatine the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, a 2nd amusement was added, with the aforesaid performers, connected May 15.

16. Wave In: A BMI Festival: The yearly Believer Festival is nary much because, well, its namesake, the literate mag overseen by the Black Mountain Institute, is about to people its last issue. Wave In, scheduled for May 5 to 7, is looking to regenerate it arsenic 1 of the valley’s apical taste events.

17. The ACM Awards: Since coming to Las Vegas successful 2003, the Academy of Country Music Awards amusement has bounced astir Strip venues much than a midlevel magician. What’s present Michelob Ultra Arena. MGM Grand Garden. T-Mobile. MGM Grand Garden again. Now, aft a two-year pandemic-fueled exodus to Nashville, the amusement volition move into Allegiant Stadium connected March 7.

18. More Cirque du Soleil: With “Zumanity” having been a unfortunate of the COVID shutdown, the institution is retooling that show’s theatre astatine New York-New York for a Big Apple-themed show that’s expected to motorboat successful the outpouring oregon summer.

19. “Amystika”: Described arsenic a prequel to “Mindfreak” arsenic good arsenic “a ocular feast of anticipation and triumph,” this caller collaboration betwixt Criss Angel and Franco Dragone (of “O” and “Le Reve” fame) was expected to statesman this week. “We are virtually inventing the exertion and peculiar effects that are utilized passim this show, and that level of creativity can’t beryllium rushed,” Angel said successful a connection announcing the caller opening day of March 11.

20. Nevada Ballet Theatre’s 50th day gala: NBT volition instrumentality the signifier May 14 for a one-night solemnisation of 5 decades of creation successful Las Vegas.

21. The Smith Center goes lowbrow: As overmuch creation arsenic Reynolds Hall gives america each year, from Nevada Ballet to the Las Vegas Philharmonic to the Broadway Las Vegas Series, it’s ever amusive erstwhile the venue lets its hairsbreadth down. “ ‘The Bachelor’ Live connected Stage” (April 29) vows to present “a wildly flirtatious and interactive crippled show” featuring caller formed members, portion “ ‘The Masked Singer’ National Tour” (July 30) volition bring costumed celebrity-guessing to the esteemed stage.

22. Clarity connected the A’s: Will the Tropicana beryllium imploded successful bid to compression a 30,000-seat ballpark into what’s already 1 of the busiest intersections successful America? Will the owners instrumentality up the connection of free onshore successful Summerlin and relocate to an country much locals would similar to visit? Is each this conscionable a smokescreen to get a amended woody successful Oakland? The enigma has dragged connected agelong enough.

Contact Christopher Lawrence astatine clawrence@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-380-4567. Follow @life_onthecouch connected Twitter.