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It's been a 3-year-project for pop-royalty's Prince
to open his own Vegas showroom and, thanks partly to
super-saleswoman Celine Dion, that dream finally came
true last night. Wearing an orange suit, he played 4 songs
-- including Purple Rain -- to a select group of VIP's
including Harrah's executives who signed him to the Club Rio
showroom contract. And Luxe Life has the first photos
of the party.
(All photos: Kiki LaRoux for TotalVegasTV.com) |
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Prince's gig starts tomorrow and he'll be playing two, 10PM
shows each weekend. Every Wednesday he'll present guest
stars and every Thursday it's his Latin Libido strut salsa
cha-cha night. Next week's mid-week star is Chaka Khan
and the following week it's Morris Day and The Time.
There's no question Prince is a musical genius and a mind
blowingly brilliant guitarist. The purple one told us last
night: "I Love Las Vegas. I wanted to recapture vintage
Vegas when it was THE late night place for musicians and
singers to hang out and jam. This is all live. There will be
no recorded tracks on this stage." |
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In addition to his conversion of the former Schintas/Erocktica
showroom into the 3121 Club, Prince has also taken over the
Rio resort's former Fiore Italian restaurantand installed
his personal chef, Lena Morgan, formerly of
Wolfgang Puck's Spago Hollywood restaurant, as the
executive in charge. It too will be known as 3121 and Prince
assures me: "It's not a Biblical reference, it's just a
number." |
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Next week Luxe Life will have an interview with Lena
about Prince's menu choices and Concerts West President
John Meglin of Anschultz Entertainment Group, who
packaged the Prince deal with Harrah's, the giant gaming
company that owns the
Rio, one block from the Strip, opposite the Palms. I
asked Meglin why Prince selected the Rio and he told me,
"The Rio's front lighting and logo are purple. It's as
simple as that. When he went into the showroom, which also
has purple, he simply said 'the vibe is right,' and that was
that." More on my chat with Meglin next week here in Luxe
Life and his story of how he flew Prince into Vegas to
meet backstage at Caesars with his other Strip headliner,
Celine Dion to clinch the deal! |
Read previous columns from Robin Leach at:
journals.aol.com/robinsvegas/LuxeLifeVegas.
Articles and photos from Robin Leach's Luxe Life: Vegas column on AOL cityguide are copyright and reprinted with permission.
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