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Magician Lance Burton, Monte Carlo to split after 14 years despite recent contract extension
Citing "irreconcilable differences," illusionist Lance Burton said Monday he is ending his run at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip after 14 years, well short of a six-year contract extension he signed last year.
His last show will be Sept. 4, hotel officials said.
Burton, 50, has performed at the Monte Carlo since the day it opened in 1996. On Monday, he compared the union to a marriage and the split to a divorce.
"People get married and get divorced every day, and a lot of times when people get divorced, they'll say it's 'irreconcilable differences,'" Burton told The Associated Press. "That's kind of what we have here. I think we've just grown apart, we have different philosophies, and we're going in different directions."
Burton declined to elaborate but said he and casino officials had different philosophies about how to put on a show.
"The question that I have to ask myself is, 'Do I stay in this relationship and potentially be very unhappy in the long run?' Or do we just say, 'You know what? It's time for us to move on,'" he said. "And that's what I decided to do."
Burton told the AP in June that he considered every option before signing the extension through 2015 but ultimately felt he had a few more shows in him.
Monte Carlo owner MGM Mirage did not immediately give a reason for Burton's departure.
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