Guns N’ Roses Doors Open 4:55 PM Saturday

Guns N’ Roses and The Black Crowes play Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, August 22

Published August 17, 2026

If you are in Las Vegas this weekend, the biggest thing on the calendar starts earlier than you think. Guns N’ Roses bring the 2026 World Tour to Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, August 22, with The Black Crowes as special guest. Parking lots open at 3:55 p.m., gates at 4:55 p.m., and the show starts at 6:25 p.m. That is well ahead of a typical Strip curtain, so build the day around the stadium and leave the Strip production shows for the nights either side of it.

Lots at 3:55, gates at 4:55, first note at 6:25

Allegiant Stadium published the full timeline, and the numbers matter more than usual here. A 6:25 p.m. start with a support act means the opening set lands while it is still daylight outside, and the headline set runs deep into the evening. Arriving at gate time gives you roughly 90 minutes inside before anything begins, which is enough to find your section and eat without rushing.

The practical consequence is that dinner moves to after the show, not before it. A 4:55 p.m. gate time means leaving your hotel by about 4 p.m., which is squarely inside the worst of an August afternoon. The stadium sits west of I-15 near Russell Road, across from the Mandalay Bay end of the Strip, so it is a short ride from the south end and a much longer one from anything north of Flamingo.

Rideshare pricing after a full stadium is predictable, and the walk back toward the Strip is not a short one in that heat. Plan the return trip before you leave the room. Spotlight does not sell tickets for this concert, so book the show itself through its official channel.

The Black Crowes turn this into a two-act night

The Black Crowes are not a warm-up you can skip. Their catalog reaches back to 1990, when Shake Your Money Maker arrived, and the pairing gives the bill two headline-sized rock sets in a single evening. That is also why the 6:25 p.m. start is not padding. Gates open 90 minutes ahead of it, which is time you will want if you are parking on site.

None of the Strip’s own Saturday programming pauses for a stadium night. The Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas run on their own nightly schedules, so a stadium Saturday only takes one evening out of your trip.

Budget the Friday and the Sunday, not just the Saturday

A stadium ticket eats the middle of the trip, which leaves Friday night and Sunday night as your flexible slots. Those are the two worth locking now, because a Saturday concert crowd tends to book them late and pay for the privilege. Penn & Teller tickets start at $75 at the Rio, and Absinthe at Caesars Palace starts at $122 if you want the louder end of the Strip on the same trip.

Both run that weekend. Penn & Teller play Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m., and Absinthe goes nightly with two Sunday performances. Check the calendar on each show page anyway, because dark nights differ by showroom.

Penn & Teller and Absinthe are on sale for that weekend

The concert is one Saturday. The other two nights are yours to fill, and the live dates and starting prices sit on each show page, so you can confirm both in one place before you book anything.