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July 23, 2009 · 4:04 PM

Prive liquor license denied, business to cease

By Xania Woodman

Prive in Planet Hollywood.

Photo: Sun file photo

Just six days shy of the scheduled expiration of Privé Nightclub’s temporary liquor license, the Clark County Department of Business License today denied the permanent liquor license applications for Privé and the adjacent Living Room lounge, forcing them to cease all business operations by next week.

A statement issued this afternoon by the Department of Business License cites as reason for the denial “the failure to abide by the duties of a liquor licensee as set forth under Clark County Code 8.20.465,” which requires, among other things, “each holder of an alcoholic liquor license to strictly enforce all the provisions of this code and state statutes.” Licensees also “must maintain and conduct all activities upon the premises in a decent, orderly and respectful manner and shall not knowingly permit within or upon the licensed premises any lewd activity, nudity, or topless activity…, disorder, disturbances, or other activities which endanger the health or safety of the patrons….”

On July 9, 2009, the State Gaming Board filed a nine-count complaint against Planet Hollywood (Opbiz, LLC), citing multiple violations by tenant Privé which include three found by the Department of Business License itself, violations the Nevada Gaming Commission today called “appalling” just before unanimously approving the settlement which results in Planet Hollywood paying a $500,000 fine for its failure to regulate the goings-on within Privé. An additional $250,000 would have been fined if the negative activity were to continue within the 12-month timeframe set forth by the settlement.

Privé (Privé Vegas, LLC) has been operating under a temporary liquor license since the doors opened in December, just prior to the New Year’s Eve 2008 grand opening festivities. Privé’s application for a permanent liquor license has been pending Metro’s routine investigation since its opening days, a lengthy process which was slowed still by Privé’s status as a foreign limited liability corporation registered in the state of Florida.

The Living Room lounge’s own license was set to expire on July 30. Per the Department of Business License, business operations at both venues must cease by midnight on those days. Scheduled beyond Privé’s closure date are appearances by 24 Star Mary Lynn Rajskub on Friday July 31, DJ Steve Aoki on August 7, and Mickey Avalon on August 10.

Privé may file an appeal the decision with the Department of Business License within the next 30 days.

I am not the least bit surprised, nor sympathetic to the owners nor managers of this sorry excuse of a nightclub establishment. They are the people who manage a venue to epitomize everything I find so blatantly snobbish, arrogant, and so predictably representative of junk culture about the club scene in this city. I have heard all kinds of complaints from employees about abuse from the managers and owners at Prive. Those complaints ranged from mental and emotional abuse with a slave driving schedule of mandatory outreach programs with other clubs in town, to quid-pro-quo sexual harassment, sexual assault, to upright theft and racketeering. In my personal opinion, it all happened because of the incredibly arrogant attitudes of the people who managed that club. This is all Prive's management's and owner's fault and the blame should be squarely placed on their shoulders for fostering self destructive behavior and attitudes in the majority of their most conformable employees. So, with the exception of my friends that work there, who I sincerely hope find a good job very soon, To PriveLV: SO LONG, DOUCHEBAGS!!!

Posted by: LevonJames on 7/24/09 at 2:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

That's right!
Finally we've gotten rid of the dirty, double dealing, hypocrites that seem to think they own everything and run things. Now they are victims of their own devices.
Yes, we've been Blacklisted by the Government.
Don't worry about them, though; the've proven they can just as easily waste our tax dollars anywhere.
Just look back to the scandal involving the Biltmore Hotel in Scotsdale, Arizona and the Social Security Dept.

Oh, and as for the rise and fall of other corrupt organizations; like we didn't see this coming?

Posted by: tyrus on 7/25/09 at 10:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What goes around comes around. I went to this club last month to see Tyrese and was treated POORLY (to say the least). I was on vacation from Orlando and a friend of mine went out of her way to get us into VIP (because she knows how much I love Tyrese). We waited 3 hours in line and when I asked an employee how much longer it would be before we got in he siad they had no order to let people in laughed and walked off. When I finally got a hold of a manager he said he was only the downstairs manager. I asked him to get the upstairs manager, watched as he told the manager I needed to speak to him and witnessed that manager blatently ignore me. After about another hour of this the first employee comes to my friend and asks, "How many in your group?" She says, "4". He said is that girl with you (referring to me). She said, " yes". He said, "You 3 can come in, but she cannot. She has a nasty attitude." If 4 hours of waiting to get into a club and asking how much longer I needed to wait to see Tyrese is a "nasty attitude" then I am guilty. I have been to MANY clubs and the treatment I received by this club was the WORST by far. You guys got what you deserved. Karma gotcha!!!

Posted by: newborn2006 on 7/27/09 at 6:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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