cpnews Posted December 30 Report Share Posted December 30 Christmas Week marks the annual migration of New York nightlife characters to South Beach for the busiest nightclub week of the year. The last 12 months has brought a lot of change to Miami, some good and some not so good. DBTH traveled down Miami way to investigte the new, the bold and the beautiful in Miami:The Fontainbleu: If you haven't seen the billboards for the new Fontainbleu, it's safe to say you have been living under a rock. They are everywhere. The billion dollar plus reno of the resort that Bond made famous opened to the public a short while ago. Not wanting to be swayed by a PR driven opening event, we held off visiting the space until now. Almost all of the resort is now open, barring Hakkasan. The verdict? Not impressed. For the amount of money pumped into this place, the results are more Vegas than Miami, with an abundance of cheese. Velveeta to be exact. To make matters worse, the restaurants and nightlife spaces were a bit lacking. The buildouts look cheap and the crowds were terrible. Particularly disappointing was the Miami Marketing Group-run nightclub Liv. It was massive and still felt like an old theater rather than a brand new nightclub. Tiesto was packed on Saturday, but come on... it's Tiesto in Miami. It could be in the middle of Overtown and people would go. The Fontainblei is simply too big to fail, but that sure as heck don't mean it's a success either. Oh, there's more.More... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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