Strip VIP host charged in death of father
Aman sitting in Clark County Detention Center accused of killing his father was not long ago hosting VIPS at the Strip’s fanciest nightclubs.
Isaac Velasquez, arrested and booked on suspicion of open murder and domestic battery in the death of his father in Summerlin on Monday night, has worked for Tao Hospitality Group. The 28-yearold club rep has also been assigned to VIPS at Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub at Resorts World.
On his X profile, Velasquez has posted Zouk LV and Ayu Dayclub as his jobs, along with the sentiment. “Love. Life. And the pursuit… of money…” His social accounts shows are a carnival of nightclub and dayclub party scenes.
Velasquez also listed his job as VIP Promotions for
Tao Group on his Linkedin and Instagram pages. A Tao Group PR rep has confirmed the Velasquez was employed by Tao Group for two weeks in September.
Tao Group is the largest nightclub company in Las Vegas, operating such mega-nightspots as Tao Nightclub at The Venetian, Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace, Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand, Marquee Nightclub at Cosmopolitan and Jewel Nightclub at Aria.
A representative for Resorts World confirmed Velasquez was employed by the third-party promotions company Footfall, contracted by Zouk Nightclub to host VIPS at the resort’s mega-clubs.
The company reports his termination date was mid-july.
Police arrested Velasquez, 28, after responding to multiple 911 calls at a home in the 9700 block of Horse Back Circle, near Hualapai Way; and Charleston Boulevard at about 11:20 p.m. Monday.
A Metropolitan Police Department statement said a man later identified as Velasquez’s father was found shot in the home after an argument inside the house. In the 911 calls, a man reported he had been shot, and a woman said her son, Velasquez, had shot her husband.
Medical personnel pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
Velasquez fled, but officers located the club professional Velasquez in a nearby yard, trying to hide from his arrest.
Art’s grand slam?
A Strip venue is to present fine art, but not in the manner you might expect.
Word from the scene is Athletics owner John Fisher reportedly plans to display selections from his family’s acclaimed art collection at the A’s stadium at the Tropicana hotel-casino site.
Fisher has reportedly been talking up this endeavor privately as he’s planned to move the franchise to Las Vegas. The family collection was developed by Fisher’s late father, Don Fisher; and his mother, Doris F. Fisher; co-founders of The Gap clothing stores.
According to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection is among the world’s greatest collections of contemporary art. The exhibit has taken over three floors of the museum and is “distinguished by significant concentrations of works by Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, and Andy Warhol, among others,” according to the SFMOMA website.
Tack on tix
Ticket-selling is again in locomotion at Voltaire at The Venetian.
The chic nightspot has added GA and table access for Kylie Minogue and Christina Aguilera through the end of this year and into the spring. Venue adjustments have created up to 200 new tickets on sale in the 1,000-capacity party and performance space.
Minogue is back Dec. 8-9 and Dec. 15-16, continuing from January-may next year.
Aguilera opens New Year’s Eve weekend, returning Jan. 5-6, with select dates February and March. In all, seating has been opened for 26 shows, total.
A night at Voltaire includes the cabaret-inspired Belle de Nuit pre-show and after-party — a three-course entertainment experience if you will. Go to voltairelv.com for all intel.
‘JB’ to January
The new Las Vegas production of “Jersey Boys” at Orleans Showroom has moved its preview period back to
Jan. 26. The show is working on finalizing its set, working around the showroom schedule and rehearsing with its Vegas cast.
Producer John Bentham of Ivory Star Productions is describing the cast as a mix of Actors Equity and non-equity members authorized by the union.
This is a full-length revival of the Broadway, touring and Las Vegas productions, the latter of which closed in September 2016 at Paris Las Vegas. This is the first residency production show ever at the Showroom, which opened in 1997.
‘Legends’ still benched
On the topic of famous production shows, still no path to the stage that we can find for the iconic “Legends In Concert” show in Las Vegas. The production shut down on New Year’s Eve last year, was rebuilt for a brief run at the Orleans on its 40th anniversary in Vegas from June 26 through July 8. The show then went silent.
But “Legends” continues to prosper in Myrtle Beach, Branson and Waikiki and on Norwegian Cruise Lines. “Stay tuned!” is the message for Las Vegas on the company home page. That is either a directive, or possibly the name of its next Strip production …
Cool Hang Alert
Repeal Day at is celebrated at The Underground at The Mob Museum from 8 p.m.-midnight Saturday. Free entry with the secret password (well, not secret now) DRY NO MORE. Repeal Day cocktails and music from the New Orleans-fashioned jazz band Flamingo are on tap.