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Club LaVela

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:16:42 +0000

Club La Vela is not only the largest nightclub in the USA, it is also one of the trendiest and most respected nightclubs in the world. As such, Club La Vela has to continuously reinvent itself to stay on the cutting edge of entertainment and club life.
By doing so Club La Vela adds new theme rooms on a yearly basis to its already huge arsenal of on site clubs all of which are located under one roof! Each theme room has its own atmosphere, ambiance, feel, and audience. You’ll find Top 40 and High-Energy Dance fans in the THUNDERDOME, Club La Vela’s largest multi-story theme room featuring a sound system you can feel in your chest, and a lightshow like no other in North America!
If you’re into techno-music, the UNDERGROUND, NIGHTGALLERY, & GALAXY ROOM are for you. Witness club kids dancing to Breakbeats, Hard House,and DnB spun by internationally renown DJ’s and producers. Live Music fans feast their appetite for some incredible live Rock in the ROCK ARENA where the country’s hottest touring bands tear up the stage up to 7 nights a week.

Be sure to check out the PUSSYKAT LOUNGE, it’s Club La Vela’s signature VIP room. It is packed with beautiful people,models, and movie stars. It is by far THE Place to See and be Seen! The music is always progressive house and trance. This is a place you have to experience to describe it. Also be sure to check out the animated cyber world of SPACE, an incredible late-night club featuring an EAW and Turbosound sound system that is literally out of this world and a graphics screen painting featuring spacey scenes which react to the music.

Club La Vela is proud to announce the PENTHOUSE VIP LOUNGE located upstairs in The Thunderdome. The room features unique seating and modern decor with the best view overlooking the Thunderdome. Sit and enjoy premium bottle service and its own dance floor. Live concerts and sexy daytime contests take place in the open-air Club La Vela CONCERT COLISEUM! This huge area which holds over 3,000 people by itself has been host to some of the biggest names in live music such as Aerosmith, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Goo-Goo Dolls, Papa Roach, Creed, Seven Mary Three, Snoop Dogg, Pitbull, Ludacris, OutKast, 3 Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, Fuel and hundreds more.

During the day, the same area which also incorporates a HUGE tropical swimming POOL is site of Club La Vela’s sexy Bikini, Wet T-Shirt, and Male Hard body Contests.

Club La Vela’s latest signature room is sure to be the talk of the industry. POSH ultralounge was conceived as a concept club featuring a Super VIP environment with minimalist South Beach Decor, highlighting trace elements from Miami’s Delano and Pearl club. There is no lounge like this anywhere in the world.

ATTENTION TEENS: If you’re under the age of 18, don’t miss Club La Vela’s awesome teen parties in the DARKROOM! This is a room designed just for teens, featuring the Hip-Hop, Booty, and Top 40 Groove you love to dance to. It’s the biggest party on the Gulf Coast, every night during the Spring and Summer season. NO ID REQUIRED!

Diesel

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:16:22 +0000

A multifaceted, multi-level club, lounge, and live music venue, Diesel fuels Pittsburgh nightlife with the best DJs, and live music with local and national acts.

Improv

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:46:04 +0000

For almost half a century, the Improvisation Comedy Clubs have remained the premiere stages for live comedy in the United States. Over the decades, the talent who has played center stage represents the Who’s Who of American Comedy, including Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin, Freddie Prinz, Andy Kaufman, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Jay Leno, Chris Rock, Dane Cook, Ellen DeGeneres, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler, Jeff Dunham, and Dave Chappelle.

Today, the Improv stage continues to be the most important live venue for new comedians. But, its start in 1963 was anything but legendary.

The Improvisation was founded in New York City by Broadway producer Budd Friedman. Budd hoped for a place where Broadway performers could meet after their shows, an intimate setting where performers could simply eat, drink (coffee, at first, as the Improvisation did not have a liquor license) and, most importantly, sing. The Improvisation quickly gained attention as the gathering spot where young Broadway artists would hold sing-alongs into the wee hours. Budd has a very vivid memory of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli singing, accompanied at the piano by Peter Allen. (Google them if you aren’t sure who these legends are!)

Our iconic brick wall started in the NY club as well – out of necessity. When Budd ripped the red wall panels and mirrors off the wall left by the previous tenants (A Vietnamese Restaurant. In the 1960’s. Not hard to see why it didn’t make it!), he discovered this great red brick wall. Since he knew nothing about dry walling (and couldn’t afford it, even if he did), he simply left the brick in place, which soon gave the club its signature.

One year later, the Improvisation’s first comedian, Dave Astor, appeared on stage to try new material. It worked– and others quickly followed. Soon, comedians began to dominate the rotation, as singers were phased-out of the nightly line-up. The Improvisation became the place for live comedy. In fact, the only nightly stage for live comedy. Little known Dave Astor made Budd the Impresario of comedy virtually overnight. The legendary club was just beginning.

Future giants of American comedy all vied for stage time at the New York club. In an effort to be noticed by Budd, nothing was off-limits to young comedians desperately hoping to be selected.

Lily Tomlin hijacked a parked limousine and had the stunned driver circle the block so she could make the proper entrance for her meeting with Budd.

Jay Leno drove weekly between Boston (he is a graduate of Emerson College. His major: Speech therapy) and New York, hoping that someone would notice him hanging around the Improv. Or sleeping in the Improv parking lot. Eventually Budd did—impressed that Leno would log so many miles and countless hours in the hope of getting his first minutes on stage.