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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Downtown Las Vegas bar owner hunts for new venue before closure
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – After nearly 20 years, the owner of a well-known downtown Las Vegas bar is searching for a new location. Hogs & Heifers Saloon Owner Michelle Dell said the bar's lease will not be renewed, and it may need to close on July 6 while it searches for its next location. The bar, popular among bikers and first responders, came to Las Vegas from New York City nearly 20 years ago. Dell told 8 News Now their arrival was part of former City of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's efforts to revive downtown. Dell said she was not surprised by the lack of renewal. 'We knew our lease was coming up due, but, for a number of reasons, it took years to recover from COVID, it took years to regain this type of stability that gives you the opportunity to pull the loan that you need to buy the property to, be in charge of our own destiny,' she said. Dell said she has identified a site nearby to relocate and build a temporary bar. Currently, they either need time or money to acquire it. 'Both would be ideal because then we could build a proper structure and not a temporary structure that we then have to rebuild in order to get up and running in three months,' Dell said. 'It would certainly be a temporary structure. We're not buying a building, we would be buying a piece of property.' Dell claimed that the owners of the Downtown Grand, where they are located, are selling the property to Penkse Media Corporation, who are the owners of Rolling Stone and the Life is Beautiful music festival. Both Penske and the Downtown Grand's ownership told 8 News Now they have no comment. Dell added that the alleged new owners have no interest in keeping her bar on the property. 'We really just want an opportunity to talk to Penske,' she said. 'We have had no contact with them, and we're not even sure they know who we are really. Hogs & Heifers brings 175 to 200,000 people through our doors every single year. We know this because we wristband people as they come through our doors.' Dell has 45 employees and plans to support them during the transition. The team is considering ways to raise money for the new location, including possibly selling some of the bar's memorabilia. 'I rolled the dice on Las Vegas 20 years ago when nobody would, and I would like Las Vegas to roll the dice on me for one more year while I find a new home,' she said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Is Hogs & Heifers Las Vegas closing this summer? Here's what we know
Hogs & Heifers Saloon, the iconic biker bar in Las Vegas, is reportedly set to close its doors this summer. According to Vital Vegas, the bar's lease is expiring and will not be renewed. The closure expected to happen by July 31, 2025. The bar has faced challenges since 2019, when it was served with a "cease and desist and eviction order" over allegations that it was contributing to an unsafe environment in the area. This led to a legal battle between the bar and its landlord, the Downtown Grand Hotel, along with the hotel's owner, C.I.M. Group. "We are up against a great financial powerhouse with numerous politically influential members, partners and friends around the globe." the bar wrote in a Facebook post in November 2019. "Ultimately, Downtown 3rd Street is our home and with the support of all of you over the years it is the street that HOGS Built and we will fight to keep our home!" A civil trial began in May 2021, after which District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled in part that the landlord had 'attempted to improperly terminate the lease.' Bar owner Michelle Dell called the ruling a victory. 'They were trying to evict me, and there was no way I was going to allow that to happen,' she told Las Vegas Review Journal at the time. 'I knew that I was right. and I decided to stand up and fight, and that is a big risk for a small business owner to take." Also Read: More JCPenney stores are closing down this May, a complete list Now, with the lease set to end and no extension in sight, fans of the bar are expressing disappointment. 'Bummer. It's a fun place,' one person wrote on X. Another wrote, 'Best bar in the county, gonna miss it.' A third person added, 'That's too bad this really was a fun bar.' Another person wrote, 'Hopefully they find a new spot! I've made some good friends there.'
