Paris Las Vegas is rarely a casino that gets a lot of attention on the Strip. This is where Barry Manilow headlines. But the Chateau Nightclub seems poised to change the casino’s reputation with two upcoming events of Jerry Springer worthy American trash. First on April 30, Charlie Sheen will be making the inevitable Vegas [...]
Sign of the times? These days much interesting Vegas news comes not from press releases but from legal settlements. Despite serious money problems, The Hard Rock has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle allegations security guards and casino hosts were involved in selling drugs. The casino has apparently also brought in Angel Management Group to [...]
The second story I want to tell goes back so far into the Vegas nightlife past that Pure hadn’t opened and the nightclubs that are now gone included RA and C2K. One afternoon, a well established nightclub promoter invited me to go behind the scenes as he negotiated a deal with a casino owner. I [...]
The giant heroic statue Vegas nightclubs have erected to Paris Hilton seems to have a soft white powder for feet. Paris Hilton has been naughty in Vegas for many, many years now. The first time I saw her where she should not be was a New Year’s weekend, Guns & Roses concert at the Hard [...]
During the boom times Las Vegas companies made all sorts of deals with countries that do not grant political rights to their citizens. China, of course, through Macau, is the most obvious way in which the gambling resort companies worked comfortably within the laws established by corrupt and totalitarian regimes. In fact, longtime rivals Sheldon [...]
Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith has done some digging into the bizarre management and control issues that have taken place at CityCenter’s tenant restaurant and nightclub Beso/Eve. I have been reporting on the odd happenings at this business since earlier this year when I discovered an association with the controversial Steve Davidovici. Since then there [...]
