Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce sets a rocking NYE reopening
Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce is restarting the party on New Year’s Eve.
The club was a noble idea, well executed, at Mandalay Bay for five years ending in 2009, leaving spent feathers and a legacy of frivolity.
Kane is unpacking the bustiers once more and returning the club to its original location. Vegas favorites Franky and The All Nighters, led by Vegas native Franky Perez, will perform a two-night-a-week residency.
A casting call is out for dancers Oct. 6 in Hollywood, and Oct. 13 in Las Vegas. The club is to open for previews in December, leading to the NYE grand reopening.
Kane’s club will occupy the base of the escalators at Mandalay Place. This means it will open nearby the similarly styled 1923 Prohibition Bar, which took over Ivan Kane’s space when it moved into Mandalay Bay in 2014, then moved upstairs and across the promenade.
Whether both businesses can prosper in this influx of burlesque is to be determined.
The club’s scale and design are to be revealed. The original nightspot featured a 3,500-square-foot bistro and bar on the floor level, and a 3,000-square-foot space on the second floor, featuring burlesque, live bands and DJs.
Kane was a nightlife firebrand in his days in Las Vegas, an occasional actor and with “Gettysburg,” “On Deadly Ground” and “Platoon” in his credits. His still runs a Forty Deuce club in Columbus, Ohio.
Cool Hang Alert
On the topic of Perez, his band is back in action at Red Rock Resort’s Rocks Lounge at 8 p.m. Friday. Horns, guitars, bongos, couple o’ showgirls. New arrangements of old songs. New originals. Middle-of-the-room, a cappella action. No cover. Get there.
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