No word yet on what will replace Celine Dion in the Ceasar’s Palace Coliseum Theatre, or what will happen to Elton John’s Red Piano show that fills in when she’s not around.

Caesar’s Palace got five years of use out of the specially redesigned Coliseum Theatre; the casino spent $95 million to set up the venue to house Celine Dion’s headline concert show A New Day, but now MSNBC reports that new day is about to end. The casino resort has put the last block of tickets on sale for the concert, and has made the announcement that Dion’s stand at the casino will close after five years.

“As we prepare ourselves to say goodbye,” says the singer, “I know this will be the best year yet.” Dion has performed the concert in front of 2.5 million people since the show opened in 2003, and the final year’s plans include some new numbers and new costumes. And just to show you that the Internet knows no bounds, at one point there was an e-rumor floating around that Dion did the deal with Caesar's to settle a gigantic high roller debt incurred at the casino-hotel by her husband.

The show will be recorded for history later this month, with a TV special and a DVD planned. Caesar’s Palace hasn’t made public its plans for the venue after Dion’s 100 million-dollar deal comes to an end later this year.

Those plans will probably have an impact on Sir Elton John as well. The piano hero performs his Vegas show, The Red Piano in the Coliseum Theatre when Dion is on vacation.

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