LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Riding down the Las Vegas Strip in a pink low-rider with two showgirls at his side, Bruno Mars was declared the \u201cnew king of Las Vegas” on Friday.<\/p>\n
The city honored Mars, who has become one of Sin City’s iconic performers, with a parade and naming a street \u201cBruno Mars Drive.” Officials declared Friday \u201cBruno Mars Day\u201d for Mars, who is kicking off his global Romantic Tour in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a privilege, and I want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for giving me this today,” Mars said to a large crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n
Mars joins a select few who have a Las Vegas street in their name \u2014 Elvis and Rat Pack singers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.<\/p>\n
Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and president of MGM Resorts International, said Mars has shown he has the \u201clegacy and legs\u201d to perform in Las Vegas years from now.<\/p>\n
The singer has played on Las Vegas stages for more than 15 years, with over 140 shows during his residency between 2016 and 2025. Two years ago, he opened The Pinky Ring, a cocktail lounge and nightclub at the Bellagio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love this city so much,\u201d Mars said.<\/p>\n
The singer pledged to donate $1 million to the Las Vegas Children\u2019s Hospital, with MGM Grand, his partner, matching his donation. The celebration ended with a brief performance by him and his band \u201cThe Hooligans,\u201d a taste of what fans can expect at Allegiant Stadium later that night.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dream was to always have a block party and get everybody dancing,\u201d Mars told the crowd.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people waited for hours see to the performer in hot temperatures. Las Vegas resident Deedee Jenkins was pumped to see Mars and loves that he is joining the ranks of Sinatra and Elvis.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they\u2019re old school. This is new blood, and I\u2019m ready for it with my old self,\u201d Jenkins said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 Riding down the Las Vegas Strip in a pink low-rider with two showgirls at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,39700,200512,134,2623,19920,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-600543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bruno-mars","11":"tag-dean-martin","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-las-vegas","14":"tag-las-vegas-strip","15":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}