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The Street
By Daniel Kline You can blame (or thank) Elton John and Celine Dion. Even as they are able to sell out arenas anywhere in the world, the performers decided to play long residencies in Las Vegas. They certainly weren’t the first to do so, but both singers opted to make Las Vegas their home for extended periods, before that was the cool thing to do. Before John and Dion embraced the Las Vegas Strip, the city’s headliners were a weird mix of has-beens, kitschy performers, and acts that work only in Vegas’s unique environment. Acts like Carrot Top, David Blaine, and Donny Osmond found an audience …