This will be the world'sbiggest gay club

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It’s already a hit on the Las Vegas strip, but gay clubbing hotspot Krave is moving to a massive new premises in the city’s downtown area where it aims to become “the world’s largest gay club.”

Krave Massive will take over a huge unused cinema complex, where it will incorporate five different dance rooms – one each for house, top 40, hip-hop, dance, country and Latin-favoured music. There’ll also be comedy club, a performing arts theatre, an LGBT-themed movie cinema, a ‘lesbian-only’ women’s lounge, three separate bars, a martini lounge, two private lounges, a retail store and more.

“Each room will be marked by its own individual design and ambient entertainment, including a state of the art sound system, LED lighting, high-tech lasers, high output CO2 blasts and huge video walls,” says Krave owner Kelly Murphy, who recently launched the popular Drink & Drag drag queen bowling alley and bar.

“I felt it was time to explore a new model for gay nightlife, and it needed to be something big… really big,” he adds.

Here’s the floor plan:

The Krave crew are hoping to attract around 12,000 people a week into the complex, which is set to open by the end of this year.

The announcement of the club’s plans has met with a mixed reaction, with some gay commentators looking forward to visiting the epic new one-stop-gay-shop, while others have warned the club’s owners that punter numbers at the bigger gay venues around the world are decreasing – the days of the homo megaclub may be over, they suggest.

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shireboy

shireboy said on the 31st Jul, 2012

wow..... no... WOW.... what SAD news for Krave !!! (firstly - I've only been there once - and it wasn't really that good... granted it took us forever to get in... after we had pre-paid to get into an event night !!).

But to read the 'news' that it intends to 'move' into the Downtown area would / could be potentially the deathknell for this club.

For anyone whom has been to Vegas, the 'downtown' area is the Freemont St section. (Vegas really doesn't have a 'downtown' or a city like our traditional city centres)

Street View - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=110+North+4th+Street,+Las+Vegas,+Nevada,+United+States&hl=en&ll=36.169849,-115.141718&spn=0.003274,0.013937&sll=36.169855,-115.141716&layer=c&cbp=11,67.78,,0,-14.55&cbll=36.169847,-115.14172&hnear=110+N+4th+St,+Las+Vegas,+Nevada+89101,+United+States&t=m&z=17&panoid=e9fNuQilR1rfk06BI5DGfA

It is seeking to take over the incredible tacky NEONOPOLIS http://www.neonopolislv.com/ which is at one of the ends of the Freemont Mall. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/neonopolis-las-vegas Ecck... this is no Strip area where Krave currently lives. At least being in the middle of the Strip makes it somewhat easy to get to, or move onto to another venue / casino. With the Freemont area, you're basically in 'dumpsville'. As noted here....

About the party location shift, Murphy said “The biggest challenge will be in educating the public that downtown Vegas has been revitalized—it’s cool and hip now! It’s an easy 10 minute drive from the strip (although we have purchased 4 shuttles that will run throughout the night)… We have created a tagline to help get the message out: ‘Making downtown Vegas fabulous, one GAY at a time!’” Murphy will partner with other downtown businesses, such as a new hotel project called The Grand to make the area even more appealing.
http://www.passportmagazine.com/blog/archives/15570-las-vegas-home-to-the-worlds-largest-gay-club.html

Hip... happening..... mmmm.. nope... and I was there a few weeks ago. Added - paid parking in the Freemont area..... who pays for parking in Vegas ????

Want to revitalise the Freemont area : get rid of the garbage, crap, and scum first.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/25/krave-moving-downtown-expanding-worlds-largest-gay/

A lot of the comments on the Vegas Sun link are somewhat similar to my predictions.


EDIT: noting that the 'floor' plans are old 14 cinema complex - mate that I travelled with in 2001 saw a Star Trek film there (if I recall). Added - 'flattening' out cinema floors is very costly !!! http://www.neonopolislv.com/id53.html

When I was in Vegas in June the 'gay bars' were pretty poor.... with Charlies probably the best of them. Crowds : quiet most nights. http://www.charlieslasvegas.com/ The rest are just dive bars.

Krave would have been better to have promoted itself more, cheaper drinks and specials and READ some of its feedback :

http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/krave-las-vegas#hrid:3tFlo7gGONBU7eN3PPz7dg