Tickets go on sale for ‘America’s Got Talent’

"America's Got Talent" promises its ultimate winner will headline in Las Vegas, but three years have meant three definitions. This year's champion gets a whole tour, which includes an Oct. 8 show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Jerry Springer will host the live event, as he did last year when winner Kevin Skinner and nine other finalists settled in for a 10-week run at Planet Hollywood.

"It's not as Vegas-centric as it used to be. In our first few seasons, it was all about Vegas. Now it's more national," says Manfred Westphal, senior vice president of marketing and communications for Fremantle Media, which produces the NBC hit. "The prize is now a million dollars and heading a national tour, which stops in Vegas."

The 2008 winners performed one arena concert at the MGM Grand but did not tour. In 2007, winning ventriloquist Terry Fator declined a guest spot in Bally's "Jubilee!" because he struck a separate deal to perform at the Las Vegas Hilton.

AEG Live, which operates the Colosseum, will promote the 25-city tour, which starts Oct. 1 in Oakland, Calif. The Las Vegas show is the sixth on the schedule.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today at Ticketmaster outlets and the Caesars box office.