A few days ago, we shared news LIV Las Vegas, the nightclub at Fontainebleau, would close for a renovation.
Fontainebleau confirmed the news and has provided more details about the temporary closure.
While we are not a nightclub person, we are a scoop person, so let’s get down with the deets or tea-spilling or whatever the kids are doing now.
Fontainebleau opened December 13, 2023 and has had its challenges. According to Fontainebleau, though, its nightclub isn’t one of those. Problems. Please keep up.
According to Fontainebleau: “Within its first year, LIV has grown to become the premier nightlife destination on the Las Vegas Strip. Due to this incredible response, the venue is expanding to accommodate even more guests. LIV will temporarily pause operations during typical hiatus season beginning Monday, Nov. 25, and will reopen on Saturday, Dec. 28, kicking off New Year’s Eve festivities with Dom Dolla after a venue refresh and expansion as part of the resort-wide New Year’s celebrations.”
We aren’t going to quibble with some of the word choices here, including whether LIV is the “premier nightlife destination on the Las Vegas Strip” or how a “typical hiatus season” is defined given Fontainebleau hasn’t been open long enough to have a “typical hiatus season” and we aren’t sure what that means because a nightclub isn’t really subject to weather because it’s inside and such. Actually, winter is a slow period in Vegas, and some venues close due to the lack of business. LIV is set to close following the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Nov. 21-23, 2024.
And we certainly aren’t going to ask why a successful venue would need a “refresh.”
Here’s some sweet drone video of Fontainebleau and LIV.
Nobody said anything about go-go dancers!
Anyway, it’s great for Fontainebleau if LIV needs an expansion.
“When LIV reopens on December 28, the venue will close out its inaugural year with its biggest lineup of headliners yet. Grammy nominee Dom Dolla takes the stage on Saturday, Dec. 28; followed by Billboard Music Award winner Calvin Harris (Sunday, Dec. 29); wunderkind producer John Summit (Monday, Dec. 30); and Grammy-winning global superstar Tiesto on New Year’s Eve (Tuesday, Dec. 31).” Full LIV schedule here.
Before you go mispronouncing LIV on your podcast, it’s “lɪv” (as in “One Life to Live”), not “laɪv” (as in “Zowie Bowie is terrible live”) or “liːv” (as in “This place is loud, let’s leave”).
And since we’re padding this story, it’s also interesting to note LIV is 54 in Roman numerals. Fontainebleau Miami opened in 1954.
Yes, we broke the original story LIV would be coming to Fontainebleau, thus answering the question, “How long are you going to brag about breaking a story from a year ago?”
Fontainebleau isn’t creating buzz for itself, so we’ll do it. Here’s first word of some venues heading to the Strip resort: LIV Nightclub, Papi Steak, Komodo and a Mexican concept from celebrated chef Gabriela Cámara. https://t.co/jIcMlBmcPs
— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) August 10, 2023
We would love to say we’ll check out LIV when it reopens after the refresh, but nightclubs just aren’t our scene. It’s mostly the dress code. Former Mayor Oscar Goodman has said repeatedly he can’t tell the difference between us and a vagrant.
We also aren’t a fan of yelling. Nightclubs are all about loud music to cover up the fact people are boring.
Also, while we are personally obscenely wealthy, prices at nightclubs can be exorbitant and we would rather devote our resources to speculative but potentially high-yield investments like Wheel of Fortune and Top Dollar.
The idea of potentially hooking-up at a nightclub has some appeal, but we have not had game since around 1996. Women we dated would say we didn’t even have it at that time, they were just being charitable.
We’ve been rooting for Fontainebleau to find its footing since day one, but it’s been a slog and the resort continues to hemorrhage money (the interest payments haven’t even started yet, that’s looming in mid-2025).
At one time, nightclubs drove a huge amount of revenue for casino resorts, and the hope is LIV can do the same.
Stay tuned for more, and thank you for visiting our blog, the premier smartass destination in Las Vegas.
