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If you've seen Cirque du Soleil in London at the Albert Hall - forget it. This is a whole other level. KA is a Cirque du Soleil show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with a theatre specially built for the show, which makes all the difference to what the performers can attempt. People fall twenty metres or more through the air, the whole stage goes vertical, tons of 'sand' fall into a bottomless pit. We sat with our mouths literally open and would go back to Las Vegas just to see it again. If you're in town you have to go.
Cirque du Soleil KA show, MGM Grand, Las Vegas
cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/ka/default.aspx
The finals of the national rodeo circuit are a real piece of Americana - real cowboys, very scary events (throwing themselves off galloping horses to grab young steers and rope them up in a given time slot), the national anthem sung with enormous gusto and the fantastic commentary "America is the greatest nation there has EVER been on earth" (!), all make this a not-to-be-missed event in Vegas.
Lee&Mack Centre, Las Vegas, every December
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Thomas & Mack Centre, Las Vegas, every December.
+1 888 637 7633, nfr-rodeo.com
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