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Familiar operators take control of Light and Daylight at Mandalay Bay

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Carl Cox performs at Light on September 6.
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Las Vegas entertainment giants Hakkasan Group and Cirque du Soleil both confirmed earlier this week they are no longer involved with Light and Daylight at Mandalay Bay. So who is running these clubs?

The answer is Play, a new management, consulting and marketing company founded by Colin Comer and John Pettei, both former executives with the Light Group. The duo will serve as managing partners of Light and Daylight, working with the venues’ ownership group, the Yucaipa Companies.

Light at Mandalay Bay opened on Memorial Day Weekend 2013 as a collaboration between the Light Group and Cirque du Soleil. The day-and-night pool club venue Daylight opened at the MGM Resorts property that summer. Hakkasan Group took control of both venues late last year with a $36 million buyout of the Light Group, and Comer and Pettei went to work for Hakkasan in marketing and operations, respectively.

A Hakkasan Group statement issued on Tuesday announced a mutual agreement with the clubs’ ownership to terminate its management at both venues. In a separate statement issued on Wednesday, Cirque du Soleil announced it was pulling out of nightlife in order to focus on live entertainment and creating new shows.

Light remains open for business, scheduled to host Clockwork and Disclosure (with guest DJs) this weekend. Daylight is closed for the season.

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