Vegas or Bust? The Grammys’ Stay in Sin City Draws Mixed Reviews
variety.comGrammys was a welcome one, as colleagues and collaborators past and present mingled excitedly in the flesh. (See: hitmakers and Grammy nominees Benny Blanco and Blake Slatkin, below.)However, it’s fair to say that the overwhelming consensus on Las Vegas as a location for Music’s Biggest Night is a resounding thumbs-down.
Before we dig in, it must be stressed that no one wanted the Grammys to be in Las Vegas — including the Recording Academy, which stages the ceremony with broadcast partner CBS.
They had been moving full-speed toward holding the show at the usual home of Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) in Los Angeles on Jan.
31, when the Omicron spike late last year forced a postponement.Because the show requires a nearly two-week lockout on the arena hosting it — and traditionally draws upward of 20,000 people to the event — their options were limited: Every suitable venue in Los Angeles, as well as appropriate music-friendly cities such as New York, Nashville, Miami, Atlanta and Chicago — were booked until well into June by sports events and acts rushing to get back on tour after lockdown.
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