A longtime Strip fixture, Margaritaville, closed at Flamingo on May 30, 2024 with little fanfare. There’s been lots of speculation about what might replace it.
While the ink hasn’t dried yet, we’ve learned Margaritaville will be replaced by a country-themed venue.
Clearly, somebody’s seen the revenue numbers at Ole Red at Horseshoe, because that place was a smash right out of the chute.
Approximately zero details are available about what country venue will take Margaritaville’s place, but Caesars Entertainment loves its celebrity partnerships, so we suspect there will be a big country artist and a recognizable brand attached.
Caesars has made a killing with Gordon Ramsay, Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and others we don’t recall and don’t have the time to look up because we’re too busy dishing scoop.
Oh, and Lisa Vanderpump, with her frou-frou lounges. And Buddy Valastro. If we forgot him, we’d never get fresh “mutz” again.
Anyway, it seems there are two entities under consideration for the Margaritaville space, both potentially a big draw for fans of eating, drinking, chewing snuff, rodeos, banning books and line dancing.
Caesars has relationships with Keith Urban, Shania Twain and Garth Brooks.
Country has never been a huge deal in Las Vegas, but that all changed when Beyonce and her bosoms released “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
Just kidding, the Strip has had Gilley’s Saloon at TI forever, Losers Bar at MGM Grand is sort of country-themed and the aforementioned Old Red has definitely booted some scoots since it opened January 15, 2024.
Here’s a look at the view.
Redneck Riviera tanked at Grand Bazaar Shops (soon to be an escape room), but it was in a weird location and didn’t have Blake Shelton and his future ex-wife, Gwen Stefani, to promote it.
We have a special place in our heart for Gwen Stefani because she told a mutual friend she thought we were “cute” at a Hollywood party, circa 2001. Not that we have to make everything about us.
PBR Rock Bar closed at Planet Hollywood in 2022. The operators of Miracle Mile Shops reportedly didn’t feel the venue fit with the highfalutin image of the shopping complex following a massive overhaul. Such attitudes about country-music lovers cannot be tolerated. The book banning thing is totally valid, but not whatever Miracle Mile felt they didn’t want as the first impression of their mall.
Margaritaville has been a fixture at Flamingo for decades, but Caesars Entertainment is sprucing up the place with several new offerings, including Gordon Ramsay Burger (in the Bird Bar space), Pinky’s by Vanderpump (in the poker room space) and Havana 1957 (in the Tropical Breeze Cafe space).
How in the holy hell would you keep track of all this crap without us. Seriously.
You’ll know more about Margaritaville’s replacement when we do! Until then, Ole Red, already.