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PRESS RELEASE
Diana Ross Will Headline the Inaugural amfAR Las Vegas
Sylvester and Jennifer Stallone to Be Honored
 
Event, Hosted at Wynn Las Vegas, to Coincide With Race Weekend
New York, NY, October 15, 2024 — Icon Diana Ross is confirmed to perform at amfAR’s inaugural Las Vegas benefit event on Friday, November 22, 2024. Academy Award-winning actor, writer, and director Sylvester Stallone and accomplished entrepreneur, philanthropist, and model Jennifer Stallone will be honored.
The Stallones will receive amfAR’s Award of Inspiration in recognition of their generous support of amfAR’s lifesaving work, in addition to numerous other causes related to health, education, and women’s rights. Previous recipients of the award include Richard Gere, Ava DuVernay, Cher, Miley Cyrus, and Charlize Theron, among many others.
The exclusive event, which will take place during race weekend at Wynn Las Vegas, will include a seated gala dinner and a live auction of exquisite contemporary art and luxury experiences.
“amfAR is thrilled to be bringing this signature fundraising gala to Las Vegas,” said amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost. “We are deeply grateful to our performers, honorees and sponsors, and to Wynn Las Vegas for hosting this event and for recognizing the importance of amfAR’s lifesaving work.”
amfAR Las Vegas will take place at Wynn Las Vegas, the event’s official hotel and resort partner.
About amfAR
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is one of the world’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and advocacy. Since 1985, amfAR has raised more than $900 million in support of its programs and has awarded more than 3,800 grants to research teams worldwide. http://www.amfar.org/
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2024 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 20 signature dining experiences, 14 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 174,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
Contact: Bennah Serfaty, amfAR Senior Director, Communications, Bennah.serfaty@amfar.org
Credential Requests: Melissa Rubenstein, melissa.rubenstein@amfar.org
Contact:
Robert Kessler (he/him)
Program Communications Manager
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
robert.kessler@amfar.org
Source: https://www.amfar.org/press-releases/amfar-las-vegas-friday-november-22-2024/
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