Penn & Teller Extend Rio Las Vegas Contract

Penn & Teller are always changing their Las Vegas stage show. But their home stage will not be changing anytime soon.

Penn Jillette and Teller’s hit magic, comedy show will be staying at their own P & T theater at the Rio for another three years. The resort’s new operating company, Dreamscape Cos., made the announcement this week.

The new contract extension means P & T will have performed for 25 years at the Rio.

Penn & Teller opened at the Rio in 2001. Despite a lot of talk about them moving to the Jubilee Theater at Bally’s (now the Horseshoe Las Vegas) and Paris Theater, the duo hasn't budged. They love their theater - a big and beautiful space with easy access. As a result, the duo has performed at the same Las Vegas hotel longer than any current headliner.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Penn and Teller said in a joint statement, "The Rio has been our performing home for nearly 23 years, and we are very excited to share this new partnership with Dreamscape and the great employees at the Rio.” If you were wondering, the duo have been performing together for 48 years!

"We are thrilled to continue the partnership with Penn & Teller,” Dreamscape President of Entertainment and Gaming Trevor Scherrer said in a statement. “Penn & Teller are icons in entertainment, and their show continues to be a must see for Las Vegas visitors We are honored to have them as part of the Rio as we reimagine this iconic resort.”

“Penn & Teller: Fool Us” will film 20 episodes for its 10th series beginning the first week of August. The extension is announced just as Penn and Teller finished a sold-out U.K. tour. He and Teller are developing 21 new routines for “Fool Us,” and has written 160 new tricks for the series. All that will stay the same is where the show takes place.

Dreamscape, taking over as Rio’s landlord for Caesars Entertainment, is very happy to have a hit show at the Rio, which will be undergoing a multiyear renovation effort.

Aliens in Las Vegas, Nevada. One family, and their neighbors, and eyewitnesses say "it happened!"

Sadly, if there is an actual "alien invasion," Nevada is NOT where you want to be.

The truth is, if there's an alien invasion in America we're probably ALL doomed.  Unless Hollywood is right, and the aliens are more like Alf, E.T, and Roger from "American Dad." But some of us may definitely be MORE out of luck than others, and will need to be able to run fast.

A study was conducted to determine which state's citizens would be better off in an alien invasion, based on things like:  Landscape and terrain, military defense, science and medical resources,  and food and beverage manufacturing.

It is said that "Virginia is for lovers" - and it's also the state that is best prepared to deal with an alien invasion, according to a study. In the end, Virginia had the best "alien survival score."

Georgia was second, followed by Massachusetts, New York (New Yorkers don’t flinch at the prospect of aliens, or anything else threatening them!), Louisiana, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Alabama, and Wisconsin.  (According to this, you don't want to be anywhere near the west coast...)

The state where you have the LEAST chance of surviving an alien attack is:  NEVADA!

That's right, the state where a family just claimed to have seen a UFO fall from the sky, and odd creatures in their backyard - along with eyewitness accounts to back it up. The state where Area 51 has had it's residence for decades. NEVADA! How could this be?

Nevada residents deal with aliens on a daily basis, in the form of tourists! People wearing "I'm with stupid" t-shirts, people who just STOP walking, for no reason, in the middle of a busy casino floor, and people who STAND on the moving walkway at the airport. It's a MOVING walkway! You're supposed to feel like a gazelle on that thing! But I digress.

The other cities you definitely want to avoid, of you want to survive the X files: Arizona is the second most doomed, followed by Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Montana,  New Mexico, Main, and Utah.

Again - the west coast is DOOMED!

California reported 15,401 UFO sightings - YIKES!

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Florida saw 7749 UFO's in 2022. But - it's Florida.

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6866 flying saucers were reported in the Emerald State

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The Lone Star state saw 5786 creature crafts

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5590 sighting in the Big Apple, but guess what? They don't care!

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Don't mess with Philly! Even though aliens tried 4730 times.

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Even thought Arizona is the second most ill-prepared state when it comes to an alien invasion, aliens tried 4721 times.

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The Buckeye state had 4234 sightings.

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Illinois had 4102 UFO's travel through the Land of Lincoln.

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Michigan was asked to "take me to your leader" 3470 times.

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