Disappointed in Las Vegas (long-re: Taboo Cove/Venus Lounge) - General Tiki

CC Cherry Capri Member an uncharted desert isle Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 243	CC Cherry Capri Posted posted on Wed, Jul 10, 2002 3:31 AM The whole problem with Taboo and Venus was with the general economy in Vegas and other tourist spots after 9-11. It's just a shame the new owners didn't recognize that and tried to mess with a very good thing with incredibly unfortunate timing. Instead of waiting for recovery and following through with the original vision - they ruined a good thing and are now reaping the results with their empty bars. I actually don't mind MTV and contemporary music - it's just that it is so jarring to have the visual and auditory ambience so in conflict. As a tourist, I go to the Motown Cafe at NY NY and expect to hear the Temptations and Jacko. I go to the Ventitian Canal shops and expect to hear Italian arias. We are fairly regular visitors to Vegas and instead of this being a not-miss stop - it's just a pasadena. It is so badly managed - they drive hard-core customers like ourselves away. We were there last Thanksgiving weekend and discovered an AMAZING lounge performer, Vargas (Wayne Newton/Tom Jones/Sammy Davis Jr.) playing there on Tuesday night - But when we came back Wednesday night - when the bigger crowds were coming to town - they had decided to close early and not have Vargas back because the Tuesday had been so slow. huh??? Thursday night - they had a bad top 40 band -and we didn't even walk in. I am amazed that Taboo and Venus are actually still open and don't expect them to last much longer. Does anybody have names and contact info for these 'owners.' Maybe we could get more pro-active in alerting them (via petition or a presentation of tiki events or?) of the potential of their place? Maybe we could stage a Caliente-like event that is open to the public with authentic tiki theme and music to get them out of their stupor? [ Edited by: Cherry Capri on 2002-07-10 03:39 ]

The whole problem with Taboo and Venus was with the general economy in Vegas and other tourist spots after 9-11. It's just a shame the new owners didn't recognize that and tried to mess with a very good thing with incredibly unfortunate timing. Instead of waiting for recovery and following through with the original vision - they ruined a good thing and are now reaping the results with their empty bars.

I actually don't mind MTV and contemporary music - it's just that it is so jarring to have the visual and auditory ambience so in conflict. As a tourist, I go to the Motown Cafe at NY NY and expect to hear the Temptations and Jacko. I go to the Ventitian Canal shops and expect to hear Italian arias.

We are fairly regular visitors to Vegas and instead of this being a not-miss stop - it's just a pasadena. It is so badly managed - they drive hard-core customers like ourselves away. We were there last Thanksgiving weekend and discovered an AMAZING lounge performer, Vargas (Wayne Newton/Tom Jones/Sammy Davis Jr.) playing there on Tuesday night - But when we came back Wednesday night - when the bigger crowds were coming to town - they had decided to close early and not have Vargas back because the Tuesday had been so slow. huh??? Thursday night - they had a bad top 40 band -and we didn't even walk in. I am amazed that Taboo and Venus are actually still open and don't expect them to last much longer.

Does anybody have names and contact info for
these 'owners.' Maybe we could get more pro-active in alerting them (via petition or a presentation of tiki events or?) of the potential of their place? Maybe we could stage a Caliente-like event that is open to the public with authentic tiki theme and music to get them out of their stupor?

[ Edited by: Cherry Capri on 2002-07-10 03:39 ]

Post #3523 by Cherry Capri on Wed, Jul 10, 2002 3:31 AM