Steve Irwin may be heading Las Vegas (AAP)

STEVE Irwin brought his crocodile wrestling and taipan taming stage show to Los Angeles today in what could be a test run for a long-term $66 million-plus extravaganza show in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is desperate for a showman like the khaki-clad Crocodile Hunter from Beerwah, Queensland.

A huge void was left on the strip when Roy Horn, of the famous lion taming magicians, Siegfried and Roy, was attacked and critically injured by a 270kg white tiger on stage in 2003 - forcing the show to close.

Irwin will hold two shows in Los Angeles over the next two days as part of the Australia Week festival.

The Croc Hunter said meetings with financial backers, including the big casinos, for a Vegas show were continuing.

"We're seriously thinking about Vegas," Irwin said today outside the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Centre, where he staged his first Australia Week show.

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