Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs Adele’s massive concerts in London’s Hyde Park next week approach, workers at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace — where she abruptly postponed her Las Vegas residency on Jan.
20, just a day before it was set to begin — were told this week that they will be laid off for the summer, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal.The move, which will see 11 full-time employees furloughed from the end of Morrissey’s residency on July 9 through preparations for Rod Stewart’s run beginning on Sept.
23. The venue is currently dark for most of July, all of August and three weeks in September.While a source recently told Variety that Adele’s residency will “definitely” take place this year, there has been no official comment from reps for the singer, Caesars Entertainment and promoter Live Nation.
According to the report, Adele’s image remains on the side of the hotel and also on Caesars’ official website, although there is not another opening on the schedule until November.
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