1969 · era
The Las Vegas engagement that turned a hotel showroom into a central Elvis performance and recording site.
On 31 July 1969, Elvis opened a new engagement at Las Vegas’s International Hotel. The room became more than a place where a famous singer happened to appear. It was the setting for a rebuilt live show and for the recording released as Elvis in Person at the International Hotel. The performance and the record therefore share a specific venue relationship.
Markers identify buildings or documented location references. They do not mark an exact recording room, stage position or camera angle.
Graceland’s timeline describes weeks of rehearsal before the opening. The ensemble combined a rock band, orchestra and vocal groups. The room’s significance lies in bringing that production together in a recurring engagement, rather than in a single tour stop. The live album was recorded during the run. This is why the hotel deserves a focused World: it locates a new working format for Elvis as well as a set of performances that became recordings. [1]
The 1970 timeline records a return to the International and the February recording of On Stage. A venue can remain the same while the repertoire and recording project change. Those later sessions extend the hotel story without turning each return into another physical Place. The historical name is retained here so that the album and concert references remain intelligible; it should not be mistaken for evidence about the building’s current brand, programme or admission arrangements. [2]
3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas
31 July 1969
Elvis Presley opened his International Hotel engagement in Las Vegas on 31 July 1969, and Elvis in Person at the International Hotel was recorded during that engagement. [1]
February 1970
Elvis’s On Stage live album was recorded during his February 1970 International Hotel engagement. [2]
Treat the historical showroom as a venue reference and consult the present operator about any interior access. A past residency does not imply that its stage, seating or backstage areas can be visited today.
