Sunday, November 21, 2004
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NORM: Mix joins list of Vegas superclubs
Kevin Spacey promoting new Bobby Darin biopic.
Mariah Carey courted for New Year's Eve show.
Jason Alexander draws a crowd at ghostbar.
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Add Mix lounge to the mix of new superclubs in the growing galaxy of local nightlife.
Located atop The Hotel at Mandalay Place on the 43rd floor, Mix is only days old, but some are already crowning it the next king of the hill.
In a city famous for raising the standard, Mix, a combination of uber-hip nightclub and a restaurant with an all-white decor, takes the bar to startling heights.
Mix's nightclub offers a three-tiered view facing the Strip, wall-to-wall black leather with red lighting, and what surely will be the city's most-talked about restrooms.
A few feet away, the Alain Ducasse-helmed restaurant, which doesn't open until mid-December, features a $500,000, 13,000-glass bulb chandelier formed to resemble an explosion of champagne bubbles.
According to Patrick Syka, general manager of the 200-diner restaurant and 298-capacity lounge, a major TV network has interest in buying out the restaurant for New Year's Eve.
There's even patio dining.
In the lounge, a massive red corallike centerpiece rises above the main bar. A stairway leads to a private VIP area above the centerpiece.
A similar bilevel concept was designed for the stunning 70-table restaurant. Only the creme de la creme of VIPs will be seated at the four tables in the second-level dining area. Visualize dining under a canopy of the champagne-bubble chandelier.
Ducasse, considered by many in the restaurant industry as the best chef in the world, has a 1,400-label, 5,000-bottle wine cellar next to the kitchen, where 20 cooks work under the trained eyes of three to four chefs.
Back to the nightclub restrooms. How to put this? Breathtaking views are nothing new for Las Vegas, but from commodes and urinals?
Take my word, these loos will be inundated with looky-loos.
The Scene and Heard
Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey is lending a hand -- and his voice -- to promoting his new Bobby Darin biopic, "Beyond the Sea." Spacey is going on the road with a tribute show that includes a Dec. 26 stop at the Stardust. Darin, a Las Vegas headline regular, died during heart surgery for a faulty heart valve on Dec. 20, 1973. Tickets go on sale Nov. 27 at (866) 888-3427. ...
I hear Pure nightclub, the sprawling $14 million addition to Caesars Palace, has been talking to Mariah Carey about a New Year's Eve appearance. Word is she might be ringing in 2005 by leading the crowd in Auld Lang Syne. ...
Josh Talkington, morning anchor at Fox affiliate KVVU-TV, Channel 5, has left the station after a blowup. "We parted ways. He's going to pursue other opportunities. We wish him well," said Marc Neerman, station manager. ...
I'm off to Los Angeles for a week of vacation. We'll be back here next Sunday with an all-Hollywood version of "Vegas Confidential," including visits to the set of NBC's "Las Vegas" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Sightings
Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" and "Saturday Night Live" alums Chris Kattan and Colin Quinn, drawing a crowd at ghostbar (Palms) on Friday. ... Actor Steven Seagal, in town for The Children of Heroes Gala at the Las Vegas Hilton. ... Ray Romano and Brad Garrett, at V Bar (The Venetian) on Friday night. ... Nicky Hilton, shopping at the Talulah G store at Fashion Show mall on Saturday.
The Punch Line
"Slavery and torture were outlawed a long time ago, but, for some reason, marriage is still legal." -- humorist Ashleigh Brilliant
Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com.
