Post #339130 by skitiki on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 6:12 AM

Just so everyone knows, the small, foam Tikis that Leisure posted a picture of were for TV's guerilla marketing campaign. They were placed around Vegas in the weeks leading up to the Grand Opening to create excitement and awareness. Their placements included in a boat in the middle of the Bellagio Lake, one painted blue and in the Blue Man Group show, one in the audience at Mariah Carie's show (I know...but lots of people go to Vegas just for that show), one in Cirque de Soile, etc. They had nothing to do with the construction delays.

The delays were actually due to permit delays thanks to the City of Las Vegas. Anyone who's ever been involved in a construction project and grand opening of any type knows what a hassle and how frustrating that experience is.

Yeah, this Vic's is really different than many of the others, but it's Vegas, and bars/restaurants have short lives in Vegas so anyone who wants to have staying power needs to play to their audience. Who knows, maybe as time goes on and their client loyalty develops they'll become more like a "traditional" Vic's, but until then, if you don't like it, don't go...my experience there was that the customer service was outstanding, better than any other Vic's I've been to (and I've been to six others), and the drinks I had (Menehune Juice, Mai Tai, and Zombie) were all definitely up to Vic's standards, as was all of the food I sampled.