351 South Camino Del Rio
Durango, CO 81303
La Plata County
Phone: (970) 385-5533
Fax: unknownWebsite: no website on fileEmail: no email on fileHours: unknown
by Amy S. on Venue: If you can ignore the stupidity of a million chandeliers being hung bunched near the bar then you might find this place cool. I felt like it was cramped and awkward. Dude we live in Sf, and some shakyshaky could be the end of me. Death by chandelier would be a comical way to go I guess. Bartenders: Whats up with getting on top of the bar? thats nasty. Dude do you know how much bacteria is on the floor--a club floor at that? How are we supposed to order a drink without encountering scuff marks? I think this is incredibly tacky. esp when they pull up patrons and start dancing on the bar--weird. I just want a drink, not everyones booty in my face. Oh man you know its classy too when they start pouring smirnoff from the bottle directly into peoples mouths. Where are we? College spring break in Cancun? Small Dance Floor, Rough Crowd. Not for me.
by Jenna P. on "Where your Fantasy becomes reality. Showgirls, casino games, and entertainment galor throughout the evening. Take a break at our Vegas Buffet, look for our Elvis impersonator performing live, and shake your groove thang in the best nightclub in the land, the purest Vegas experience. " We arrived at Venu around 9:05 PM on New Year's Eve, since doors were supposed to open at 9 PM and I figured there would be a line. Boston had a negative degree windchill that evening and once we arrived, the bouncers made me and my 5 friends stand outside and wait about 25-30 minutes since they were obviously not ready to open the club for guests. Finally after I made a request to a bouncer to at least wait somewhere warmer..(me and my friend were wearing dresses with long wool coats) ...he let us wait in a corner, still outside, until they were ready to open. They let me and her in after 10 minutes of that, but still didn't let my guy friends in. We got in there, checked our coats for $4 each and I had my boots checked too for an additional $4. As we walked up the stairs, it wasn't much warmer in the club than it was outside. It was seriously about 40 degrees in there and stayed that way for about an hour and a half. We hit the bathroom since there wasn't anyone in the club yet, and all the dancers were in the bathroom still getting ready at 9:30. There was also a tile missing in the bathroom floor in which my heel got caught in and I tripped but didn't fall. The women's bathroom was disgusting and there was random small rolls of toilet paper on the WET floor. We left the bathroom and saw our friends that finally got let in and we then got our free drinks in which we got with our $65 ticket purchase, what a bargain..right? HA.. Vodka drinks other than that were $12 plus tip.. a shot of SoCo was $10..There were no "showgirls" or girls even dressed up in vegas style clothing. I didn't see any casino games at all. Just a couple of Vegas decorations hanging up and some chocolate poker chips scattered on the bar. There was supposed to be complimentary champagne and "party favors"which I didn't see anywhere. I talked to a bouncer about the cold temperature in the club and he was extremely polite to me and addressed the concern with a manager after stating that I was one of the many to complain, even a few waitresses were wearing coats over their dresses. The Elvis impersonator was a creep and was finding any way to grind up on drunk girls. The DJ played a lot of commercial music. There was no warning of the midnight countdown, just about less than a minute.. I'm also a casual smoker and my boyfriend and I attempted to get our coats and have a cigarette before midnight, but weren't allowed to get our coats frmo the coat check.. and were also told by a bouncer that no one was allowed to leave until after midnight. So basically, I paid a ridiculous amount of money just to look back and frown upon this place. This was recommended to me by a former DJ of Venu's.. but this place has obviously gone downhill since he's been there. I'm hoping they improve their so-called "themed" events.
