LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – After almost 20 years, the proprietor of a well known downtown Las Vegas bar is trying to find a brand new location.
Hogs & Heifers Saloon Proprietor Michelle Dell mentioned the bar’s lease won’t be renewed, and it could want to shut on July 6 whereas it searches for its subsequent location.
The bar, well-liked amongst bikers and first responders, got here to Las Vegas from New York Metropolis almost 20 years in the past. Dell advised 8 Information Now their arrival was a part of former Metropolis of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman’s efforts to revive downtown.
Dell mentioned she was not stunned by the dearth 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 mentioned.
The Hogs & Heifers Saloon, which is well-liked amongst bikers and first responders, got here to Las Vegas from New York Metropolis almost 20 years in the past. (KLAS)
Dell mentioned she has recognized a website close by to relocate and construct a short lived bar. At the moment, they both want time or cash to amass 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 mentioned. “It might definitely be a short lived construction. We’re not shopping for a constructing, we might be shopping for a chunk of property.’
Dell claimed that the homeowners of the Downtown Grand, the place they’re situated, are promoting the property to Penkse Media Company, who’re the homeowners of Rolling Stone and the Life is Lovely music pageant. Each Penske and the Downtown Grand’s possession advised 8 Information Now they don’t have any remark. Dell added that the alleged new homeowners have little interest in maintaining her bar on the property.
The Hogs & Heifers Saloon’s possession is working to relocate close by because the closure nears. (Credit score: Michelle Sandler)
“We really just want an opportunity to talk to Penske,” she mentioned. “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 workers and plans to assist them in the course of the transition. The workforce is contemplating methods to boost cash for the brand new location, together with probably promoting among 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 mentioned.
