Strait to Vegas

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Strait to Vegas is a concert residency by country music artist George Strait at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. It has included 17 weekends of concerts, beginning on April 22, 2016, and is scheduled to continue through at least December 3, 2022.

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The residency was announced in a press conference on September 22, 2015 at MGM Grand Las Vegas. [1] [2] It was initially scheduled for four dates over two weekends, and has been extended several times since then.

Shows in April, July, and December of 2017 were branded as "2 Nights of Number 1s", with the setlist for each weekend consisting primarily of Strait's 60 chart-topping songs. [3] [4] The September 2017 shows focused on the soundtrack to Strait's film, Pure Country , in honor of its 25th anniversary. [5] [6]

Residency dates

Opening acts

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References

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