Christian Audigier and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Screen prints of tattoos on the left, monitors that can look in on the dance floor on the right. Even the entrance to Christian Audigier the Nightclub strives to set the tone before you walk in.

The newest club from Pure Management Group, set to make its grand debut July 4 at Treasure Island, is rooted in the fashion designer’s aesthetics. The walls are draped in red, crushed velvet curtains. Couches are all black faux crocodile. Rhinestone-encrusted skulls deck out the VIP area. Tables and bartops are covered in reflective red glass. Dancing poles are lit from underneath with red light. The floor and accents are all done in black. Screen printings of what looked like trolls holding swords were done in black and backlit in red behind the bar. In fact, with a little pyro, it would be like drinking in the seventh circle of Hell — without all that messy bother about eternal suffering.

It’s an intimate setting on the inside, but features several changes of level to keep the eye moving. From a sunken bar on the right to the dance floor to a lower VIP area that gives way to a raised VIP section on the left, ending in large mirrors (framed in Audigier roses), the effect is to give the feeling of extending the space of the former Tangerine location. The DJ booth, at the rear of the dance floor, will be a showcase area with an Audigier stitch piece as a backdrop.

An exclusive VIP area is immediately to the right as you enter the club, instead of tucked away in a dim corner. Industrial cables will be put in place to create a kind of screen separating the area from the rest of the club, but allowing the voyeuristic to still peek in — and the people inside to make Escape from Alcatraz jokes all night.

A large patio brings the total space to just under 10,000 square feet. Overlooking the Strip, the patio has its own bar, VIP setting and DJ booth, where the jocks will spin an eclectic mix aimed at luring in passers-by from across the spectrum. The outside is connected by a staircase to Social House, and restaurant patrons will be afforded access to the club as soon as dessert and coffee is wrapped up.

The patio was extended outward from its Tangerine days into the front lagoon by about five feet to alleviate congestion, which should keep much of the focus of the club on its outdoors section. It’s also a pretty good spot from which to launch your own boarding party during the Sirens of TI show after your ninth Cape Cod. Not, uh, that we’d encourage that sort of thing.

By Jason Scavone

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