Nightclub and restaurant operator SBE Entertainment said Monday it will place a branch of its Hyde Lounge nightclub inside the $350 million Las Vegas Arena, which opens in April.
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By late 2014, Andy Masi had overseen 26 nightclubs, restaurants and a topless pool in Las Vegas in a dozen years. But this mammoth venture, the Light Group, weighed heavy on his mind.
The haters have won. Nightclub detractors inside and outside of Las Vegas have bemoaned the burgeoning-cum-bloated club scene on the Strip for years.
As nightclubs drain audiences from traditional Las Vegas shows, topless cabaret revues have been the one genre able to hold its own in what now is considered the late evening.
This is an instructive Vegas story about the business acumen of free limo rides, $20 lap dances and celebrity red carpets.
One of the oldest contemporary nightclubs, Tryst in the Wynn, will close after a “Final Affair” event on Nov. 7, the Wynn noted quietly at the bottom of a press email about food and beverage listings.
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