EMERIL TURNING FORMER 40/40 CLUB INTO ULTIMATE SPORTS BAR
Star chef Emeril Lagasse has confirmed his latest Las Vegas venture: He’s putting a sports bar into the former 40/40 Club recently sold back to The Palazzo by entertainment mogul Jay-Z.
Lagasse, in a red carpet interview with Vegas Confidential Saturday prior to the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children, said he hopes to open his latest Vegas venture around the end of the football season.
"We’re going to have a lot of fun with it and do the ultimate sports bar. Killer food and great fun," said Lagasse, who already operates Emeril’s Fish House at MGM Grand, Delmonico at The Venetian and Table 10 at The Palazzo.
He’s considering naming it "E.J.’s," after his son, Emeril John. "It may be E.J.’s Sports Bar & Grill," Lagasse said, with a chuckle.
The 40/40 Club opened on New Year’s Eve and was purchased by The Palazzo in August.
Our readers may recall that Vegas Confidential reported on Aug. 10: "The rumor that won’t die has Jay-Z’s 40-40 Club on the sales block, with the latest chatter involving interest by Emeril Lagasse in the Palazzo space."
–NORM CLARKE, Vegas Confidential
