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The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
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The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
A television outside of The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
The Green Door in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
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ByJohn Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 30, 2021 - 12:30 pm
Updated April 30, 2021 - 12:44 pm
The Green Door is swinging again this weekend.
The long-standing club, which bills itself as “a safe place where consenting adults can live out their wildest fantasies,” has announced it will relaunch Saturday as pandemic restrictions are relaxed statewide.
Owner Joey Cavaretta could not be reached for comment.
According to Clark County officials, Green Door holds four county business licenses: Restaurant, amusem*nt machines, non-resort admission fees and non-resort gift/novelty.Businesses holding these licenses are allowed to operate under county-mandated pandemic directives.
Located on the east side of the Commercial Center on East Sahara Avenue under its famous emerald sign, The Green Door opened to the public in 1998. The party fortress covers 18,000 square feet and is among the largest clubs of its type in the world. Renovations at the club have been ongoing for weeks.
At least one fellow business owner is taking issue with the county’s approval of The Green Door’s reopening: Bobby Kingston, owner of Saddles N Spurs Saloon at 2333 N. Jones Blvd.
Kingston has railed against pandemic directives throughout the state’s shutdown, arguing most recently that dancing should be allowed to return to his business. Open since 1984, the saloon’s business was built on live music (including from Kingston’s own band) and line dancing.
“We’re still denied dancing until 60 percent of the population has at least the first shot,” Kingston said, referring to the state’s vaccination requirement that is to lead to 100percent capacity for public gatherings. “But The Green Door opens Saturday with three-foot social distancing? What a farce.”
Commercial Center Business Association President Paula Sadler says she has had little contact with the Green Door management team during COVID. The center opened in 1963 and is home to 170 active businesses, ranging from long-established tenants such as The Cue Club pool hall and John Fish Jewelers to newcomers The Vegas Room supper and cabaret club and Balkan Bar & Grill.
The Nevada Room, an expansion of The Vegas Room concept, is due to open within a couple of weeks. Vickie’s Diner, the legendary eatery moving from White Cross Drugs, is expected to open in May.
The business next door to The Green Door is eager to see folks return to the property.
“As a person next to them, I am glad they are opening,” says Irena Damianova, owner of Balkan Bar & Grill, which opened this February. “There are many people intrigued that they are next to me. But they’re doing no harm. As long as nobody is harmed, I am fine with it.”
John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at reviewjournal.com/podcasts. Contact him at jkatsilometes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @johnnykats on Twitter, @JohnnyKats1 on Instagram.
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