Stephanie Sanchez, a Las Vegas native and long a favorite on the city’s entertainment scene, is due to return to her executive post at MGM Resorts International on Sept. “To be able to honor our country, the Raiders team and my home of Las Vegas by singing the Anthem, it is just so special.” “The Raiders are like family to me, and I’ve been a Raiders fan for decades,” Knight said. She has won seven Grammy awards, and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Knight also sang the national anthem in February 2019, before the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams met Super Bowl LIII in her original hometown of Atlanta. “This is quite an honor for me to be chosen to sing the national anthem for this historic first Raiders’ season opening Monday Night Football game in Las Vegas with fans,” Knight, known as the “Empress of Soul,” said in a statement. Also, her brother Bubba Knight, an original member of the her backup group the Pips, still lives in town. Knight has headlined on the Strip since the 1960s, and has a home in Las Vegas. The game is broadcast to millions across the country on “Monday Night Football.” As Knight closes the song, a team of F-35A fighter jets from the United States Air Force 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (422 TES) out of Nellis Air Force Base will perform a flyover in formation over “The Death Star” then soar past the Strip. But this one’s performing the rendition.Įntertainment legend Gladys Knight is singing the first national anthem for a regular-season, full-capacity Las Vegas Raiders game at Allegiant Stadium.

Las Vegas crowds have taken to shouting “Knight!” during the national anthem, a roar of support for the Vegas Golden Knights. Backstreet Boys, from left, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Littrell and Howie Dorough.

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