Jennifer Lopez’s $90 million Las Vegas residency deal has reportedly been put in “jeopardy” by falling sales for her upcoming This Is Me… Live tour amid furious speculation that The pop star’s marriage to Ben Affleck is in serious trouble.
In February, reports hit the web that singer Jenny From the Block, 54, was being considered for a 90-show residency at The Park MGM Theater in Sin City, for which she was reportedly offered $1 million per gig .
But now, the New York Post has claimed that the “deal seems shaky at best,” and a source claims that “casino executives have become nervous” since the singer’s new album and tour are “flopping.”
The source told the publication: ‘MGM is seeing that she is not doing well on the road. They are very nervous. It’s pretty rare that you take a bad tour and then go to Las Vegas.
The source further theorized that the lack of ticket sales will likely result in him being paid much less for the residency (only $600,000 to $500,000 per show) and that it will include fewer concerts than the 90 shows that were originally planned.
Jennifer Lopez’s $90 million Las Vegas residency deal has been put in jeopardy by horrendous sales of her upcoming This Is Me… Live tour.
Another insider added that “talks have continued” with Jennifer and MGM but that “no deal has been signed yet.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Jennifer’s rep and MGM for comment.
Mirror was the first to report that J.Lo was gearing up for a glitzy Las Vegas residency in early February.
“Jennifer’s All I Have run (from 2016 to 2018) was one of the biggest residencies ever seen in Las Vegas,” a source said at the time.
‘That was with Caesars Palace, but MGM came to bring this new show to the Park Theatre.
‘Talks continue with the real hope that it will be registered and announced later this year.
“It will be a real coup for The Park and a huge deal to have one of the biggest stars on the planet back in town.”
But weeks later, things started to go wrong for Jennifer when it was announced that she had canceled shows in seven cities for her long-awaited tour, which will begin at the end of June.
One source theorized that the lack of ticket sales will result in him being paid much less for the residency: only $600,000 to $500,000 per show. She is seen with Ben Affleck in February.
Jennifer canceled shows in seven cities for her long-awaited tour in March and has struggled to sell tickets to many upcoming concerts. J.Lo can be seen on stage in 2022
It eliminated all dates scheduled between August 22 and 30 in Nashville, New Orleans, Raleigh, Atlanta, Houston, Cleveland and Tampa.
The artist or her team have not provided any cause or explanation for the cancellation.
In early April, it was revealed that the tour, which will be their first tour in five years, had been rebranded from This Is Me… Now: The Tour to This Is Me… Live.
At the time, Variety reported that he would also focus more on his greatest hits than the music from his latest album, This Is Me… Now.
A source told DailyMail.com later that the rebranding was expected to appeal to fans of his previous work and listeners who didn’t connect with This Is Me… Now.
The decision was said to be partly inspired by the success of competitors such as Taylor Swift and Madonna, who have enjoyed highly successful tours in the past two years.
“Jennifer saw how well Taylor Swift did with the Eras Tour and Madonna did with the career-spanning Celebration and hopes to deliver something that will take her fans on the journey of a lifetime,” a source told DailyMail. . .com exclusively.
‘This Is Me… Now was such a healing and cathartic experience for her. She doesn’t regret it for a second.
“But now she’s looking forward and ready to bring this back to her roots and show her fans that she is still, and always will be, Jenny from the Block.”
But in early May, it appeared Jennifer was still struggling to sell tickets, with blocks of seats still available at multiple venues, according to official seating maps on Ticketmaster, and resale sites reselling tickets for as little as $10.
Two weeks later, a source told DailyMail.com that organizers were willing to cancel the tour to avoid embarrassment over poor sales, but the singer and her manager refused.
“A few weeks ago, Live Nation met with J.Lo’s manager, Benny Medina, to suggest canceling J.Lo’s tour and because he and J.Lo are so adamant that the show must go on, it will go on.” said the source.
Earlier this month, DailyMail.com revealed that J.Lo was struggling to sell tickets for several of her tour dates, including Miami on June 29 (blue seats are those that were not sold until May 3). .
The situation was worse during the first night of two in Denver, Colorado, on July 22.
Despite selling the most tickets for their first night in New York City, numbers were poor for the second night on August 17 (seen), which also serves as the closing night of the tour.
In May, a source told DailyMail.com that organizers were willing to cancel the tour to avoid embarrassment over poor sales, but the hitmaker (seen performing in 2016) refused.
A second source added: “Live Nation is very concerned about the lack of tickets sold and doesn’t want Jen to feel embarrassed when she goes out and sees empty areas in the stadiums where she will be performing.”
“But Jen has too much pride to call it off, so currently it will be what it will be, they can’t convince her to change course.”
The first source suggested that the lack of appetite for her tour could be because she was “overexposed.”
“J.Lo is overexposed and has exposed herself too much,” they continued. “First it was her marriage, then her endless honeymoon, followed by a movie and then the release of an album.
“She then felt the need to tell her and Ben’s love story in a documentary she funded called The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
And now Benny allowed him to go on a massive tour. It’s just too much.’
Jennifer released This Is Me… Now in February, and it was accompanied by a musical film called This Is Me… Now: A Love Story and a documentary titled The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
The album debuted at number 38 on the Billboard chart, their first LP not to reach the top 20.
Ben and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity company financed the documentary, while Jennifer self-financed her film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story for $20 million.
Jennifer is also facing problems in her personal life, as rumors have recently surfaced that her marriage to Ben is in trouble.
The two are reportedly living in separate homes two years after tying the knot, and the actor, 51, was spotted without his wedding ring last week. However, he was wearing it when he went out on Friday.
The couple met publicly for the first time in seven weeks on May 16, when they attended Ben’s son Fin’s school recital together.