On Saturday, July 07, 2018, John Rotellini appeared in his second halftime performance for the Las Vegas Aces.
The performance was also broadcast on Ace Vision. Unfortunately, the recording of the full performance was lost due to a hard drive malfunction.
The following clips were kindly provided by the Las Vegas Aces social media team and are currently the only remaining pieces of footage of the performance.
On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, the Las Vegas Aces invited magician John Rotellini to perform at the Halftime of their game against the Dallas Wings at The House at Mandalay Bay.
Together, they created a challenge for John to be performed under test conditions. Many audience members were asked to participate and, out of those that said yes, four people were chosen at random, lottery-style to take part in a unique experiment.
Not knowing that they'd be a part of a magic act, they were kept separate from John until they were on the court in order to make sure that John could not attempt to influence their choices prior to the performance.
If John was able to "get inside of their heads" and figure out what they were thinking, the audience members would win some incredible Aces merchandise. John made a prediction which was visible to the rest of the arena via a link on Ace Vision during the performance and posted his prediction online to social media earlier in the day, revealing it prior to the start of the game and again shortly before halftime.
With a little luck and a lot of help from Aces mascot, BUCKET$, John successfully predicted what the audience members were secretly thinking and successfully completed the challenge.
BEFORE THE GAME, JOHN TOOK A PHOTO WITH ACES IN-GAME HOST BIG D DISPLAYING THE PREDICTION:
Mind reading 😨🤯
Here’s a sneak peek of tonight’s halftime performer, John Rotellini with BUCKET$ and Skylar from our Wild Card Crew! ♦️♠️🏀
Las Vegas Aces vs. Dallas Wings - June 27, 2018 - The House at Mandalay Bay
Video courtesy of Las Vegas Aces.