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Patrons step up to the bar and fill the dance floor at Pure in Caesars Palace.
Published Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 | 10:35 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 | 11:27 a.m.
Sun Archives
- Pure launches compliance program in wake of IRS probe (5-27-2010)
- Clubs’ cash flow probed at top (3-1-2008)
- Clubs’ cash flow suspect (2-28-2008)
- IRS “raids” Pure Nightclub (2-20-2008)
- Tipping the scales of fair play by IRS (10-24-2005)
Angel Management Group announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire fellow restaurant and nightclub operator Pure Management Group.
Upon completion of the transaction, Angel Management will assume operations of Pure Management Group’s nine venues, which include hot spots such as Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace, LAX nightclub at Luxor and Social House at Crystals.
Their other venues include Venus Pool Club at Caesars Palace, Company Lounge and Noir Bar at Luxor, Coyote Ugly at New York New York, Dick’s Last Resort at Excalibur and Aura nightclub at the Atlantis in the Bahamas. Christian Audigier at Treasure Island, which Pure operated, closed within the last week.
The price for the acquisition wasn't released in today’s announcement.
Angel Management Group operates Studio 54, Tabu and WET Republic at MGM Grand; Moorea Beach Club, miX Lounge and Eyecandy lounge at Mandalay Bay; and ROK Vegas at New York New York.
The management company signed a deal with Hard Rock in July to manage the Hard Rock Beach Club, which includes Rehab, and reached a deal this month to handle marketing at VIP services at Vanity nightclub.
“Our first priority will be to expand upon the success of our current venues and develop our existing brands in other territories, followed by the launch of several new Las Vegas venues in 2011,” Neil Moffitt, Angel Management Group chief executive officer said.
The company has been operating nightclubs in Las Vegas since 2005. It was originally founded in 1999 as Angel Music Group before transforming into the brand it is today.
Angel Management’s acquisition of the hospitality company comes about two and half years after Pure found itself in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service.
In February 2008, the IRS sent agents to investigate Pure Management Group and its managing partner, Steve Davidovici, as part of a criminal investigation into the club's cash handling and tipping policies.
The management company went through a yearlong restructuring effort and hired Ned Collett as chief executive officer, who had served as chief operating officer of Pure from late 2007 through mid-2008.
Nice monopoly!
Cornered the D-bag market.
Interesting.
nix224, unfortunately there are many more groups catering to the d-bags in this town. Thanks for making me laugh, though.
I predicted this would happen after the shakeups at Wynn and Hard Rock. MGM and Harrah's image and public perception were tarnished by Pure Management Group. The IRS investigation really put the casinos under more scrutiny by the Gaming Commission. The casinos had to do something to address the negative incidents involving nightclubs on their properties. Angel Management is a very good company who runs their venues very well without the problems Pure had.
Bottom line: Really sleezy people were running Pure Management Group. The first thing Angel will do is clean house of the remaining dirtbags working there who cheat and bully customers at the door and inside the clubs. MGM and Harrahs were actively behind the scenes as a driving force of this acquisition. They had to be since it affects their properties, image and reputation.
Ditto, saw this coming as well. I actually was waiting for it for about a year now. The days when Pure was Pure have been over for a while after other huge "super clubs" opened up. Beautiful venue though.
I really don't care who manages the nightclubs.
They are so full of cigarette and cigar smoke.
I leave with a sore throat, a headache and smelling like an ashtray.
NY, CA, and a crap load of other nightclubs in other states are smoke free.
NV hasn't figured out that people skip going out because of the smoke.
Stevie,I know what you mean.I used to have to hang my clothes out in the garage when I got hom form the club here in NY around 2001.
Don't chuck up, folks. Better clean them all up the nightclubs and party pits, because... guess what:
Big Blue inlcuding its really, really big family, ...oh no, let's put it like that... really really big community is coming to town for... a
c o n f e r e n c e :)
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/2010...
Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas
Viva, viva, Las Vegas!
(C) by Elvis
Btw, why has not anybody told US here about politicians, like Ms Angle, being enabled to even run or take over nightclubs?
I mean: how serious can a politician be, who is running on night clubs, I mean, you know... :)
Ooops, my bad, sorry, I mixed them up 'Angel' and 'Angle', so sorry... lol
Interesting, speaking of night club operators, I wonder if Paris Hilton's boyfriend, Wy, will have his bail yanked for hitting a photographer in Hollywood?
I hope they do right by the name Angel.