Haute Event: Comedy-Magician Mac King Celebrates 13 Years in Vegas

Christian Stuart, Harrah’s regional vice president and assistant general manager presents Comedy-Magician Mac King with a proclamation from Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman naming May 11, 2013 “Mac King 13th Anniversary Day” in Las Vegas. Photos: Gabe Ginsberg
Christian Stuart, Harrah’s regional vice president and assistant general manager presents Comedy-Magician Mac King with a proclamation from Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman naming May 11, 2013 “Mac King 13th Anniversary Day” in Las Vegas. Photos: Gabe Ginsberg

Comedy-magician Mac King celebrated 13 years of performing “The Mac King Comedy Magic Show” at Harrah’s Las Vegas on Saturday. After a special show, Christian Stuart, Harrah’s regional vice president and assistant general manager presented King with a cake and a proclamation from Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman naming May 11, 2013, “Mac King 13th Anniversary Day” in Las Vegas. King also received certificates of commendation from Gov. Brian Sandoval and Sen. Dean Heller.

Several of King’s celebrity pals helped him celebrate the momentous occasion on the red carpet including: the cast of Million Dollar Quartet, Defending the Caveman’s Kevin Burke, the cast of Chippendales, Maren Wade from iCandy Burlesque, Mark Shunock from Rock of Ages and his wife Cheryl Daro, Eric and Jayne Post from Marriage Can Be Murder and more. King then performed a special show for his pals and guests of the hotel where he presented the newest member of the cast – Colonel Sanders.

King began his full-time one-man show “The Mac King Comedy Magic Show” at Harrah’s Las Vegas in 2000. Since then, King has performed an unprecedented 6,760 shows to more than one million audience members at the main showroom at Harrah’s Las Vegas.

This translates to:
·     3,380 days of plaid suits worn
·     20,280 feet of rope used for King’s famous rope trick
·     351,520 playing cards
·     20,280 magically appearing Fig Newton pastries
·     And 33,800 audience volunteers.

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