Spirituality at a Vegas nightclub?
January 2, 2008 | 10:56
am
Of all the openings and events I went to over the last few days, Prive at
Planet Hollywood stands out the most.
The reason: While taking a tour of the club just before it opened, I ran into a group playing bagpipes marching about.
Men in skirts are not uncommon in Las Vegas, but bagpipes in a nightclub? That was a first. Prive's managing director, Greg Jarmolowich (pictured), explained: "We have bagpipers march through the club to march out any bad energy and bring good energy for the club's opening."
And this ritual is only part of the spiritual approach Prive has taken to
opening a nightclub on the Las Vegas Strip:
"We want to create good energy. We had a Buddhist monk come in earlier
today. He burned sage and blessed the club, worked with us on our energy, got
our minds focused right. We did meditation and had acupuncture for all our key
employees. It is important to us that there is no ego and we work as a team. So,
we blessed the club as a family."
(Photo by Sarah Gerke)
(Photo by Sarah Gerke)
