When Angel Management Group announced the shocking, aggressive purchase of the once unstoppable Pure Management Group, it was all but announcing to Las Vegas that it had taken over the local nightlife scene, too.
There’s no doubt that this is their year. After a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race, creeper business model, AMG now controls the operations of Pure Nightclub, LAX, Social House, Wet Republic, Moorea Beach Club, Studio 54, Mix Lounge, Eyecandy Sound Lounge and Bar and Rok Vegas, manages the Hard Rock Beach Club including Rehab, and handles marketing and VIP services at Vanity Nightclub.
“We have been preparing for this all along,” says founder and CEO Neil Moffitt. “It’s not a surprise to me that we are where we are today. We were very quietly doing our business and not focused on expanding our brand’s name, but more focused on expanding our clients’ business and name, which is the way we would like to do business.”
At Moffitt’s side: VP of marketing Alex Cordova, who was responsible for doubling gross revenues for the company in less than a year; VP of operations Derek Silberstein; VP of strategy Nick McCabe; and executive director of operations Omar Gutierrez.
The operations powerhouse isn’t done yet. Plans for 2011 include Tiësto in Concert at The Joint at Hard Rock, Saville Row in the former home of Noir Bar, and XOXO Supperclub opening this spring.
