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 [...]
“Chop a line now!”
I’ve had a few memorable encounters with Paris Hilton over the last 10 years. But I want to share with you an anecdote about the last time I saw her which was at the beginning of summer. I was doing my LA Times column on celebrity host Mike Snedegar at Tao. Hilton was eating with [...]
Breaking: Last night Paris Hilton and Wynn nightclub executive Cy Waits were allegedly pulled over by Metro. The Review-Journal reports Hilton was arrested for having a small amount of cocaine in her purse. TMZ reports, Hilton is denying it was her purse. The driver is not identified by the Review-Journal. The car with Hilton and [...]
In 2007 I watched from feet away as LeBron James enjoyed an evening at Pure at Caesars. I had no idea who the man was since I am not a sports fan. But the crowd sure knew. The audience kept taking pictures. And, James danced up a storm for them with himself as his only [...]
I totally get that a city would donate a building to a clinic or some imaginary non-profit, and I even get that a building with a tenant is better than an empty building. But the way the city of Las Vegas always seems to give to private business by calling that redevelopment sure seems unfair. [...]
Cathouse at Luxor opened as a restaurant with a menu by Kerry Simon and another room made into a nightclub lounge. But for whatever reason the venue never found a core following. Today a press release went out announcing that the restaurant is gone: effective immediately. Of course, the press release does not admit the [...]
Norm Clarke is reporting that a raid took place yesterday at Eva Longoria Parker’s Beso restaurant and Eve nightclub at CityCenter. Unlike the infamous Pure raid by the IRS (investigation still open), this action apparently was bizarrely carried out by private security working for the owners. It seems that like in some Medieval European kingdom, [...]
These days Las Vegas nightclubs have been under greater scrutiny than ever before from gaming authorities. Prive at Planet Hollywood lost its license briefly after a series of alleged infractions. They were only able to reopen after changing management. According to Review-Journal, Greg Jarmolowich, the on the ground operations head, had to be removed as [...]
Pure led the charge in bringing celebrity hosting to Vegas filling the nights with the likes of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey. Of course, these are different times. But apparently the need to have someone, anyone, really, host remains. And, so the caliber of the celebrity has slowly dropped down to the level [...]
