“Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacle” is an aptly titled recreation of “The Phantom of the Opera” that recently opened to rave reviews and sold-out crowds at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. The lavish $40-million, 1,800-seat theater is the result of painstakingly tailored design and use of structural steel to carve the Paris Opera House setting out of the constraints of an existing exhibition hall.

The outcome is magnificent: the theater finishes are superb, the domed ceiling is beautiful and the on-stage performances and special effects are thrilling, especially the operable 2,100-lb Baroque-style chandelier that transforms from a dilapidated state back to its original grandeur while gliding up to the ceiling..."