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Jim Irsay, the billionaire owner of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, is treating Las Vegas to a look at his massive pop-culture memorabilia collection, as well as a rock concert featuring Stephen Stills and members of ZZ Top and R.E.M.
Jim Irsay, the billionaire owner of the Indianapolis Colts, is a proud owner, displayer, and player of guitars formerly owned by rock music s biggest names. (Image: guitar.com)The event takes place from 6–11 p.m. on March 4 at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, and it’s all free, though tickets are required. A press release from Irsay claims they’re going fast. Front and center in Irsay’s exhibit is a guitar collection described last year by Guitar Magazine as “the greatest guitars on Earth.” It includes:
The Fender Stratocaster Bob Dylan played when he went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in 1965, for which Irsay paid $965K in 2013.The 1964 Gibson SG played by George Harrison during the recording of the Beatles Revolver album, for which Irsay paid $567K in 2004.The 1939 Martin acoustic played by Eric Clapton during his 1992 MTV Unplugged special, for which Irsay paid $791,500 in 2004.The Fender Mustang Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana s 1991 video for Smells Like Teen Spirit, for which Irsay paid $4.5 million last May. tsxspace.com
