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Vince Neil’s new strip club Vince Neil’s Girls, Girls, Girls in Las Vegas on Friday, March, 16, 2012.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | 7:15 a.m.
Well, that was crazy.
A dust-up involving Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil and the Palms played out on Twitter on Monday night. The outcome was that Neil has been banished from one of his favorite Las Vegas haunts and Neil is calling officials “liars” on and off Twitter.
The back-and-forth began last Tuesday when Neil posted a tweet hammering at the staff of Little Buddha. “I love Vegas, but DO NOT GO TO LITTLE BUDDHA @PALMS IN VEGAS.” Neil started in again Monday night, writing, “Do [sic] to recent events, including distrust and dishonesty at the executive level. I will never again step foot @palms property,” tagging the hotel’s Twitter page with each update. He also sent updates professing his admiration for the Maloof family (founders of the hotel), but telling anyone on Spring Break to steer clear of the hotel.
Palms countered by issuing its own statement, far more formal in nature, on Twitter and in e-mail, indicating Neil had been ejected from Little Buddha on March 28. It read:
“Mr. Neil has recently made negative comments about Palms on Twitter, however, he fails to mention his own actions. As a result of Mr. Neil’s inappropriate behavior, he was asked to leave a restaurant at Palms.
“Mr. Neil has also since called Palms personnel threatening negative publicity. While we believe this is unfortunate, and we would prefer that Mr. Neil put his efforts toward apologizing for his conduct, such threats will have no effect on Palms’ policies or its decision in this matter.
“We at Palms take customer service very seriously, but we also take the well being of our team members just as seriously. We cannot and will not allow our guests, no matter who they are, to mistreat our team members. As a result of his actions, Mr. Neil is no longer welcome at Palms.”
Catch the Palms’ statement on its Twitter page here. Neil’s stretch, and response from such notables as Glynda Rhodes, can be found here. Neil has been friendly with George Maloof and restaurant operator Kerry Simon, who runs Simon at Palms Place, for years.
Neil responded to texts sent from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Monday night and this morning. When asked if he had any response to the statement issued by the Palms, he said, “Yea, liars.” He did not return a phone message, and the text communication halted after that note.
It is not the first time Neil has been a subject of rancor at a Las Vegas resort. A little more than a year ago, he was involved in an incident at Shimmer Cabaret at the then-Las Vegas Hilton involving my radio co-host Tricia McCrone, Las Vegas entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs and myself (enjoy that traipse down memory lane here). The issue has since been settled, with Neil pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, paying a $1,000 fine and issuing an apology.
More recently, Motley Crue performed a dozen shows in a short residency in February at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, and Neil has opened an adult club called Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls. The band has announced plans for a summer tour co-headlining with KISS titled, simply, “The Tour,” which stops at Mandalay Bay Events Center in August.
As events have played out, it is good for all involved that venue was chosen instead of the Pearl.
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My history with the palms. My husband and 5 year old stayed there many times right after it opened. The staff could not have been more accomadating to us. I remember my son left his hat in the shuttle and the young driver made a huge effort to get it back to us. The front desk staff was awesome, the cafe staff were so much fun. THEN.. they renovated it. The cafe and it's staff are soooo cold. THe buffet was so common over the weekend. Nothing fantastic like it used to be. The eomployees seem so unhappy. My husband was so disappointed. I don't know what Neil's problem is but the customers are so icky. When we moved here we were on our way to the palms to eat and some PIMP got shot there. I personally have seen to major fights break out on the casino floor and inside LB involving a celebrity. Ithink the Palms has seen it's hey day and it's time for visitors to move on to somewhere else that is more relevant.
Vince most likely isn't a big player at the Palms.
You know how many times I've witnessed $5-$10 dollar table players cursing, being abusive and being advised by pit bosses to "tone it down", yet go to the $100-$500 table and watch the same atrocious behavior without a word from pitbosses. There's a double standard in just about every Vegas casino. If you're a whale, you can get away with just about anything.
Last time I was at the Palms it didn't have the vibe it used to have when they opened. I was there over March Madness playing at a Crap table and the dealers were too busy watching TV. What that shows me is they could care less about their job. The whole staff in general were just going through the motions. Sad to see. I will not go back to the Palms. RIP
he's a piece of work...can only imagine what he did..his reputation is as a low life, just look at the run-in's he's had...while the palms has dropped their quality (Playboy club gone), Vince belongs back at the Hilton or back stage in his new club..give it a year and he's gone..
If I were an aging rock star, I'd open up my own strip tease bar and ban all employees of Little Buddha.
Those 2 women (?) are just plain scary looking. Come to think of it so is Vince Neil.
my earlier comment was deleted for no reason---who is the pot and who is the kettle??? after seeing the maloafs in action around town--who are they to throw anyone out of that low end place. This is who they appeal to with their "reality" shows and the like--they get the people they are trying to get (low life trailer trash) and then they throw them out for who they are?