Act 2 for Teatro Afterhours - a Weekly exclusive
Back by popular demand ... it’s Teatro Afterhours! Thing is, Teatro Ultralounge at the MGM Grand is long gone; the domed boutique club space closed on April 15, 2006, just shy of two years after it had opened, taking with it a very popular party. In its place, Rouge Lounge now offers up a more mainstream casino-lounge experience, and Teatro’s loyal customers had to go elsewhere to get down.
“Do what you have to do to make yourself happy,” Pedi Amiri says his father told him when Pedi decided to leave Krave, where dad—owner Sia Amiri—and brother DJ Morningstar both remain. As the new director of marketing and promotions for Showcase Events, Pedi will be resurrecting the vibe and details of Teatro afterhours at a new location on the Strip, re-creating Teatro’s beloved intimate setting for those who wish to be in an exclusive environment.
“It was a true industry stomping ground,” says Pedi, who can still wax poetic about the winks, stares and smirks of the Teatro go-go dancers. “Teatro truly had an extraordinarily sexual environment, but it kept the class.” What was offered at Teatro, he maintains, is something no longer present on the Vegas nightlife map. “It was a genuinely hospitable environment, from the internal to the external.”
To insure the authenticity of his event, Pedi has rounded up the original team that brought Teatro afterhours to the masses the first time around, including music director Luca Pretolesi, aka DJ Digital Boy, director of operations Ornella Contu and the same go-go roster. Staying true to the original musical format, Teatro will bring cutting-edge house and electronic music to the wee-est hours currently only dominated by Empire Ballroom, Drai’s, Seamless and Krave
Just where Teatro Afterhours will reappear on December 28 is a closely guarded secret. However we hear that the new on-Strip venue, currently being renovated, will retain Teatro’s signature reds and feature a new top-of-the-line sound system, and is a similar size to the original lounge, holding 350-400 people in an intimate setting. Just how intimate are we talking? “You’ll bump shoulders with whoever is there.” Shunning the velvet rope shakedown, the new Teatro Afterhours is “extremely focusing on hospitality.” The late night soirée will start with just Fridays and Saturdays before adding two more days. Look for Teatro’s ambiguous marketing campaign to kick off Thursday, November 15, so keep an eye on www.TeatroLasVegas.com.
A Summerlin Mingle
Traffic is bad enough on Friday afternoons. Why battle it out on the highways when you could be welcoming the weekend with a drink in your hand at Red Rock? Five weeks ago, Station Casinos’ creative nightlife director Frankie Anobile quietly launched Mingle Fridays in the Red Rock Resort’s lobby bar from 5-8 p.m., and the event has already gathered a loyal following. Every third week, a different Red Rock restaurant hosts, passing around specialty drink samplers and appetizers. While the Red Rock’s execs told Anobile they would be pleased as punch to see 60 people at the bar Friday evenings, Anobile’s staff has consistently amassed between 100 and 175 bodies since the opening. Each week, DJ Mikey Mix spins eclectic, down-tempo, chill sounds moving through genres and throwing in the occasional Sinatra or Elvis remix alongside the Jamiroquai and Moby. “I gotta give most of the credit to the beauty of the lobby,” says Anobile, who himself was bowled over at the property’s opening but then never found a good reason to return to that chic space ... till now. A similar promotion is currently on the table for Green Valley Ranch Station Casino’s newly renovated Drop Bar.
Look who’s coming to dinner ... early!
The celebrity-studded affair that will mark the grand opening of Pure Management Group’s Company American Bistro at Luxor on November 30 may still be a few weeks off, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait till the red carpet has been put away to sample Executive Chef Adam Sobel’s contemporary twists on classic American entrees. Beginning this Saturday, Company will be accepting “limited” reservations for dinner, which is served nightly in the drop-dead-gorgeous ski chalet-inspired dining room, complete with a 6,000-bottle wine collection and two semi-private tables. More importantly—booze!—the fireside lounge will be open starting Saturday, serving up Company’s seasonal cocktails at 3 p.m. with a bar menu available till 2 a.m. Warm and inviting no matter what the season, the après-ski feeling is knee-deep with alpine details ranging from antique wooden skis to deer-antler chandeliers and toboggan runners. But rest assured—this is no pub. The furnishings are every bit as sleek and fashionable as LAX and Noir’s sibling would require—faux-fur pillows, hurricane lamps, a vaulted wood beam ceiling, slate pillars and Aspen wood columns. Forget the slopes, let’s hit the bar! Call 262-4702 for reservations.
Hear ye, hear ye!
“All the sober people, go home! We’re just getting started!”
–DJ Scotty Boy jumps on the mic at Body English’s Godskitchen Wednesday to welcome guest DJ Steve Smooth and give the crowd a taste of what’s to come.