Metallica at Sphere, Aces Playoffs, Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena

October 02, 2026 7 min Episode

Metallica continues its Life Burns Faster Sphere residency, the Las Vegas Aces are in the WNBA semifinals, and the Vegas Golden Knights host the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena. In this episode of Las Vegas Live, Adam Torres breaks down the top things to do in Las Vegas this week, including concerts, playoff sports, combat sports, comedy, Pride weekend, and live entertainment across the city. Metallica headlines the week with two more performances at Sphere, bringi...

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Show Notes

Metallica continues its Life Burns Faster Sphere residency, the Las Vegas Aces are in the WNBA semifinals, and the Vegas Golden Knights host the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena. In this episode of Las Vegas Live, Adam Torres breaks down the top things to do in Las Vegas this week, including concerts, playoff sports, combat sports, comedy, Pride weekend, and live entertainment across the city.

Metallica headlines the week with two more performances at Sphere, bringing Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, One, and the band's catalog into a production created specifically for Sphere's massive wraparound LED environment.

Las Vegas sports are also packed this week. The defending champion Aces advance to the WNBA semifinals with home playoff basketball at Michelob Ultra Arena. The Golden Knights have two home games at T-Mobile Arena against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Kings, while UNLV hosts North Dakota State at Allegiant Stadium.

Elsewhere, Las Vegas Pride kicks off with its free nighttime parade downtown. Fight weekend includes Power Slap 24 at The Chelsea and UFC Fight Night featuring Brendan Allen vs. Christian Leroy Duncan at Meta Apex. TLC, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue share the stage at BleauLive Theater, while Josh Groban performs the final three shows of his Colosseum run.

Also featured this week are Brandon Flowers, Ludovico Einaudi and Sebastian Maniscalco at Encore Theater, plus Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Dinosaur Jr. and Oh, Mary!.

Before booking anything in Las Vegas, start at VegasNearMe.com https://www.vegasnearme.com/ or download the newly revamped VegasNearMe app to find shows, events, restaurants, hotels, attractions, and venue information across the city.

00:00 Welcome and Sponsor https://www.vegasnearme.com/

00:46 Number 10 Concert Picks

01:38 Number 9 Encore Theater Week

02:36 Number 8 Josh Groban Finale

03:03 Number 7 90s Icons Tour

03:30 Number 6 Pride Night Parade

04:05 Number 5 UNLV Football Game

04:32 Number 4 Fight Weekend

05:17 Number 3 Golden Knights Home

05:50 Number 2 Aces Semifinals

06:30 Number 1 Metallica at Sphere

07:10 Wrap Up and App Plug