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NORM: Feds take a look at LV cash flow
Pure Management Group managing partners Steve Davidovici, left, and Robert Frey pose in front of the Social House at the Treasure Island hotel-casino in this Aug. 18, 2006, photo.
Photo by Jeff Scheid.
A lot of people saw it coming.
Rumors have been flying for more than a year that the high-flying, cash-laden nightclub scene was being scrutinized by the feds.
The shoe dropped Wednesday when the Internal Revenue Service and other law enforcement authorities raided Pure nightclub and Pure Management Group headquarters, confiscating a number of computers.
Cash-heavy operations are known to get the attention of the IRS.
Sources have been telling me that doormen at several clubs are clearing $8,000 to $10,000 a night before they share tips. So much cash is pouring in that some doormen are making $400,000 to $500,000 a year, several nightclub executives told me.
"Pure has guys at the door making more than the president," said one executive with intimate knowledge of the cover-charge system. He was referring to the annual salary of the president of the United States, which is $400,000, plus benefits.
A Pure executive told me over the weekend that 5,000 people showed up for Paris Hilton's 27th birthday party and her guest appearance with the Pussycat Dolls.
About six months ago, on a busy night at Pure, I overheard two men bitterly complaining about the cover charge. "They wanted $1,000 per person. I said the highest I'd go was $800!" one said.
It's not just Pure, the largest club in town with a capacity of 2,400. Grumbles about nightclub gouging have been growing louder.
In my nearly completed book "Vegas Confidential: Sinsational Celebrity Tales," I write: "It's no secret that most clubs understand that the longer the line the higher the anxiety. That's where the 'line slide' comes in.
"If people have been waiting all night, they're not going to go somewhere else and start over," said a club exec (not at Pure).
"Club employees, usually the size of big league umpires, will go down the line and fish for people who really want to get in. The line guy might get $200, but now everyone in the group is still going to have to pay a $30 to $40 cover charge. Sometimes, the doorman demands more, maybe $50 to $100 per person."
Then there's bottle service, which means you have to buy a bottle to sit in the VIP section. The usual requirement is one bottle per three patrons. Two-bottle minimums are not uncommon. Bottles at most clubs are going for $350 to $650 a piece.
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| Sources have been telling me that doormen at several clubs are clearing $8,000 to $10,000 a night before they share tips. So much cash is pouring in that some doormen are making $400,000 to $500,000 a year, several nightclub executives told me. "Pure has guys at the door making more than the president," said one executive with intimate knowledge of the cover-charge system. He was referring to the annual salary of the president of the United States, which is $400,000, plus benefits. |
Clearly a large market for idiots who don't mind being raped at the door just to be at the same party as an airhead retard like Paris.
this is why i can't stand vegas. everywhere you go everyone you meet is only interested in your wallet, and i've never understood the appeal of what you get in return for it all...
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| Originally posted by R!CH this is why i can't stand vegas. everywhere you go everyone you meet is only interested in your wallet, and i've never understood the appeal of what you get in return for it all... |
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| Originally posted by Clovis Clearly a large market for idiots who don't mind being raped at the door just to be at the same party as an airhead retard like Paris. |
people people, if i had a ton of money i would be throwing it all over the place in vegas myself. Your money turns into monopoly money there. Of course i would not throw to much at a door guy, but this shit goes on everywhere in vegas, not just at the doors of the club
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| Originally posted by R!CH this is why i can't stand vegas. everywhere you go everyone you meet is only interested in your wallet, and i've never understood the appeal of what you get in return for it all... |
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| Originally posted by Electrophile |
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| Originally posted by djjoshuaallen people people, if i had a ton of money i would be throwing it all over the place in vegas myself. |
LAX got raided by the feds too recently. Vegas is corrupt as always 
Tourists gamble away all thier money which goes to the casinos, which build fancy huge hotel rooms for rich people/celebrities to stay at, which in turn pay the hotel even more money to stay there.
I always said that I would probably be making much more money doing half the work I do now if I worked in Vegas. There is so much money being tossed around, it's crazy. At the same time, would I want to live in a desert where I can't drive anywhere but the town i'm in? Where 90% of the people don't live there and are just visiting?
Then again...
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| Originally posted by Rukes LAX got raided by the feds too recently. Vegas is corrupt as always Tourists gamble away all thier money which goes to the casinos, which build fancy huge hotel rooms for rich people/celebrities to stay at, which in turn pay the hotel even more money to stay there. I always said that I would probably be making much more money doing half the work I do now if I worked in Vegas. There is so much money being tossed around, it's crazy. At the same time, would I want to live in a desert where I can't drive anywhere but the town i'm in? Where 90% of the people don't live there and are just visiting? |
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| Originally posted by Rukes LAX got raided by the feds too recently. Vegas is corrupt as always |
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| Originally posted by R!CH this is why i can't stand vegas. everywhere you go everyone you meet is only interested in your wallet, and i've never understood the appeal of what you get in return for it all... |
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| Originally posted by DjWoody Which LAX? Vegas or LA? Hey, where are those pix from? |
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| Originally posted by mar46017 LAX is run by Pure Management as well. I've seen the same doormen at both places. I agree with your Vegas analysis. Every time I am there for 3 or 4 nights, I am dying to leave. The people there are all dirty. Just a dirty city all around. But ya gotta love Vegas! (small doses though) |
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| Originally posted by R!CH this is why i can't stand vegas. everywhere you go everyone you meet is only interested in your wallet, and i've never understood the appeal of what you get in return for it all... |
lol
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| Originally posted by mar46017 LAX is run by Pure Management as well. I've seen the same doormen at both places. I agree with your Vegas analysis. Every time I am there for 3 or 4 nights, I am dying to leave. The people there are all dirty. Just a dirty city all around. But ya gotta love Vegas! (small doses though) |
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| Originally posted by Shifty-1 I'm a vegas native and though I totally agree with you, aside from the strip there are really nice cities/suburbs in the surrounding that is nothing like vegas. It's not a bad place to live if you know where you're going. |
yeah... the strip is a pain in the ass...
not just money hungry businesses/doormen/hookers, but you get a bunch of complete asshole tourists....
like Bas!!!
Agree!
I moved to Vegas(Henderson) from LA and it's pretty nice place to live in. Don't go to the strip unless I totally have to (Halloween parties, etc).
Music in clubs suck ass though! Impossible to find a club with cool vibe and decent music.
I miss the early days of EDM scene (RA, C2K, Ice, etc.) I just dont understand why clubs changed the format 
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| Originally posted by Shifty-1 I'm a vegas native and though I totally agree with you, aside from the strip there are really nice cities/suburbs in the surrounding that is nothing like vegas. It's not a bad place to live if you know where you're going. |
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| Originally posted by Glow-Man Agree! I moved to Vegas(Henderson) from LA and it's pretty nice place to live in. Don't go to the strip unless I totally have to (Halloween parties, etc). Music in clubs suck ass though! Impossible to find a club with cool vibe and decent music. I miss the early days of EDM scene (RA, C2K, Ice, etc.) I just dont understand why clubs changed the format . |
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