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| Britney Spears |
Spears announced in January she was going on an indefinite work hiatus, putting her Las Vegas residency, “Domination,” at Park Theater at the Park MGM resort, on hold after her father, Jamie Spears, suffered health issues. The pop star was set to take the stage in February, but her longtime manager, Larry Rudolph, told TMZ Opens a New Window. on Wednesday that Spears may never perform again.
"As the person who guides her career — based on the information I and all of the professionals who work with her are being told on a need-to-know basis — from what I have gathered it's clear to me she should not be going back to do this Vegas residency, not in the near future and possibly never again,” Rudolph said.
With the residency shelved indefinitely, Spears and the venue’s owners, MGM Grand, could lose out on millions. MGM Grand is believed to have invested in the show’s preproduction that could amount to up to $3 million. Add up lost marketing costs and 31 nights without performances at the venue — that's another hefty amount of cash in missed profits.
Spears' first Las Vegas residency, “Piece of Me,” in 2013 was a huge success that inspired other singers to join the bandwagon. Spears earned $137.7 million in the four years performing 248 shows — about $555,000 per performance — at Planet Hollywood, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Although details of her contract for “Domination” were not released, the pop star could earn about the same amount for each performance.
Spears’ manager said Wednesday they decided to pull the plug on the residency for several factors.
Spears and her parents also appeared in court last Friday where a judge ordered an expert evaluation in the conservatorship that, for 11 years, has put control of much of the 37-year-old singer's life in the control of her father.
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