Ngobusuku obudlulileyo, nge-8 kaJuni, inkanyezi yamazwe aphesheya uCeline Dion ugqibezele ukuhlala kwakhe okwesibini kwiColosseum eCaesars Palace. Ukusukela ukuba indawo yokuqala yokuhlala kaCeline yaqala ngo-2003, ngaphezulu kwe-4.5 yezigidi abalandeli baye bazimasa imiboniso eyi-1,141 kwindawo eyaphumelela amabhaso eyakhelwe ngokukodwa uDion, kwaye wonke umboniso womdlalo wokugqibela kaNks Dion kule ntwasahlobo wathengiswa. T
Isihlwele sokugqibela saphathwa ngamaxesha akhethekileyo kulo lonke umboniso kuquka nokudlalwa kwengoma entsha kaCeline ethi 'Flying on My Own' kwicwecwe lakhe elizayo elithi, Courage, eliza kukhululwa ngoNovemba walo nyaka. Jonga ikliphu yokusebenza apha. Amaxesha achukumisayo abandakanya ifoto yekholaji yangasemva esetelwe 'Ndaweni ithile ngaphaya koRainbow' ebonisa imifanekiso evela kwimiboniso kaCeline's Colosseum kwasekuqaleni, kunye neefoto zikaRene Angelil, umyeni wakhe ongasekhoyo kunye nomphathi wangaphambili, kunye namakhwenkwe abo amathathu, abathe bajoyina uCeline kunye naye. Iokhestra yexesha elide kunye nebhendi eqongeni ngexesha lomnxeba wokugqibela womkhusane.
“Ndinebhongo kwaye ndithobekile zizinto esizifezileyo eColosseum ukusukela kwiminyaka eli-16 eyadlulayo, xa mna noRené saqala ukwabelana ngeli phupha,” utshilo uCeline. “La mava onke abe yinxalenye enkulu yomsebenzi wam weshishini lomboniso…endiza kuwuxabisa ngonaphakade. Baninzi abantu ekufuneka ndibabulele, kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo ethi ‘enkosi’ iya kubalandeli bam, abasinike ithuba lokwenza into esiyithandayo.”
NgoMatshi ka-2003, uCeline Dion wayitshintsha ngonaphakade indawo yolonwabo yaseLas Vegas ngepremiere yendawo yakhe yokuqala yokuhlala i-A New Day… edlale imidlalo engama-717 ukusuka nge-25 kaMatshi 2003 ukuya nge-15 kaDisemba 2007. Nge-15 kaMatshi ka-2011, wenza uloyiso. ubuyela eKesare Palace kunye nokuhlala kwakhe okwesibini, uCeline, odlale imiboniso engama-424. Ukutyhubela iminyaka eli-16, uCeline wenze imiboniso eyi-1,141 kubalandeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4.5 eColosseum. Indawo yokuhlala yaboniswa yiConcerts West/AEG Presents kunye neCaesars Entertainment kwaye ilawulwa ngumvelisi weGrammy Awards uKen Ehrlich.
"Umbono omangalisayo uCeline noRene ababenawo phantse kumashumi amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo, bayibhale ngokupheleleyo imbali kunye nekamva lokuzonwabisa eLas Vegas," utshilo uJohn Meglen, uMongameli kunye noCo-CEO weConcerts West, icandelo leAEG Presents. “Ukuze lo mbono ube yimpumelelo edumileyo kwihlabathi uyamangalisa kwaye siyavuyisana noCeline neqela lakhe liphela, abadlali kunye nabasebenzi. ICaesars Palace ibe likhaya elimangalisayo likaCeline kunye nemiboniso yakhe kuyo yonke le minyaka. Siwongekile ngokuba yinxalenye yolu hambo lumangalisayo kwaye sonwabele ikamva lethu sikunye.”
“Kangangeminyaka eli-16 engenakwenzeka, uCeline Dion uye walawula njengoKumkanikazi waseLas Vegas ukonwabisa eColosseum eCaesars Palace, ikhaya esamakhele ubuvulindlela bakhe. Egameni labo bonke oogxa bam eCaesars Entertainment, kwaye kunjalo nabasebenzi bakaKesare Palace, sifuna ukubulela yena kunye nomyeni wakhe ongasekhoyo uRené Angélil, kunye namahlakani ethu eAEG/Concerts West, ngokholo lwabo lokuba iCaesars Palace yayiyinkosi. Indawo elungileyo kaCeline Dion yokuzoba izigidi zabalandeli bakhe abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuze bambone edlala, utshilo uGary Selesner, umongameli weCaesars Palace. “Sikwafuna ukubulela iimvumi, iimvumi, abadanisi, amagcisa, oosomashishini kunye namagosa ezokhuseleko ngegalelo labo lokuzincama koko ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuba yinxalenye yembali njengowona mboniso uqhube ixesha elide nowona waba yimpumelelo. Ngelixa kulusizi ukuyibona iphela, ikwalixesha loloyiso kuye wonke umntu obandakanyekayo, kwaye ngokucacileyo iintliziyo zethu ziya kuqhubeka, zizaliswe ziinkumbulo zomdlalo kaCeline ochukumisayo ngobusuku emva kobusuku eColosseum eCaesars Palace.
Emva kokuphela kwesikhumbuzo sokuhlala kwakhe eLas Vegas iminyaka eli-16, uCeline uza kuqalisa ukhenketho lwakhe lwe-COURAGE WORLD, eqala nge-18 kaSeptemba kwisiXeko saseQuebec kwaye emisa kwizixeko ezingaphezu kwama-50 e-US naseCanada. Ukhenketho luya kuba ngowokuqala e-US kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi.
