LAS VEGAS: Legacy Club, located within Circa Resort & Casino, will host a Fourth of July bash, dubbed Star-Spangled Glamour, on July 4, where revelers can see some of the best views of Las Vegas’ fireworks display and enjoy specialty cocktails, bites, and live music. General admission tickets are priced at $125 per person, plus LET.
MEMPHIS, TENN.: Memphis-based Mahaffey Event & Tent Rentals has recently acquired Holliday Events. This purchase will enable Mahaffey to double its specialty inventory to serve customers in Memphis and throughout the mid-South. Per the terms of the acquisition, Holliday Events’ rental inventory was transitioned to the Mahaffey catalog, and Hayley Carpenter joined Mahaffey as creative services supervisor. She handles custom production requests, including print and signage for special events, as well as fabricating decor and props on an as-needed basis.
ORLANDO, FLA.: Lake Nona Wave Hotel—known as a leading technologically advanced hotel—has teamed up with Verse Orlando, dubbed the world's first holographic theater, to put on the exhibit “Art of the Future,” an augmented reality experience taking place in the hotel’s 50,000-square-foot Sculpture Garden. The new experience provides a stunning backdrop for corporate groups and event bookings, offering a unique opportunity for team building and creative inspiration. The exhibit combines the beauty of the Sculpture Garden—home to eight sculptures from one of the world’s largest private art collections—with AR technology, the HoloLens 2, to create a showcase of AR holographic sculptures.
SAN DIEGO: Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter announced the completion of its $22.5 million renovation project. The completely remodeled full-service hotel offers 286 guest rooms, lofts, and suites. Award-winning design firm waldrop+nichols studio, based in Texas, created a contemporary casual California aesthetic featuring artistic and playful elements of the Gaslamp Quarter’s early inhabitants. New restaurant concept Wild Hare Bar Garden offers California cuisine that highlights locally sourced meat and produce, as well as organic ingredients from an on-site herb garden found on the starlit terrace.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) will bring the independent live concert, comedy, promoter, and festival industry together for its second annual national gathering in Washington, D.C., at NIVA ’23, taking place July 9-12. The conference will shine a light on NIVA’s 26 D.C. members, with conference programming to take place across 12 venues throughout the city, including 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis, Black Cat, and Capital Turnaround.