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Show in the Sky

Rio
3700 West Flamingo
702-252-7777
website

Price:

  • Free to view
  • $12.95 to participate
  • Hours:

  • Thu-Sun 7pm-12am
  • Shows Every Hour
  • Vegas4Visitors Rating: C

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    Show in the Sky: The Low Down
    What Is It?
    A combination Mardi Gras parade, complete with "floating" floats, and singing/dancing revue.

     

    Is it worth the cost?
    Well, it's free so there's that... but you really shouldn't go out of your way to see it. You can also pay to join the parade and ride on one of the floats, which seems like a gigantic waste of money but probably no more so than dumping it into a slot machine. Your call.

     

    What else do I need to know?
    The later the show, the more racy it gets. Leave the kids at home.

     

    What's the bottom line?
    Does absolutely everything in Las Vegas need to be "sexy"?

     

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    Show in the Sky: Full Review
    Ah Las Vegas. Why must you insist on making everything that was once fun into something kind of tacky?

    When this free show at The Rio was known as the Masquerade Show in the Sky it was a fluffy, lightweight bit of silliness that involved giant floats running on tracks above the casino floor with people throwing beads while loud music blared. They still have that, but now they are populated by barely clothed men and women who gyrate, bump, grind, and generally make spectacles of themselves.

    There was also a song and dance portion of the program on a big stage in the middle of the casino that had talented performers doing pop songs and generally pumping up the audience. That's still there but now the dancers are pumping each other in simulated erotica that includes, in the later shows, a faux-orgy in a giant bed.

    Look, I'm not a prude - far from it. And I will admit that there is a lot of eye candy for both men and women and they are good dancers and singers and... I don't know... gyraters I guess... but instead of being sexy or titillating the whole thing comes across as crass and tasteless.

    Similar to the adult makeover that the pirate show at Treasure Island received, the sexification of the Show in the Sky has turned what was a harmless bit of brain candy into something that is totally not worth your time and effort to go see.

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