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sbe Entertainment Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryHospitality
Founded2002 (2002)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
,
USA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Sam Nazarian
OwnerNazarian family
Number of employees
1000+
DivisionsSLS Las Vegas
Websitesbe Entertainment Group

Founded in 2002, sbe has quickly emerged as one of the most transcendent forces in hospitality, real estate and entertainment. Helmed by its visionary Founder, Chairman and CEO Sam Nazarian, sbe has established a thriving collection of award-winning hospitality and lifestyle destinations that are developed and managed through its Hotels, Restaurants, Nightlife and Real Estate groups[1]. With the ability to speak to a wide array of lifestyle experiences, sbe has authored a refreshing new vocabulary in hospitality through a voice that's re-imagining an entire industry.

sbe believes hospitality, like art, is not something to confine to one definition alone. Rather, sbe views hospitality as fluid and ever changing, influenced by culture, preference and an innate desire in us all to enjoy something meaningful. With this in mind, sbe allows guests to customize their lifestyle experiences through a diverse portfolio of hotel, restaurant and nightlife venues-and enables them to stay, eat and play with a seamlessness never before realized.

sbe's exclusive partners include world-renowned design icon Philippe Starck, photographer and pop culture luminary Matthew Rolston, and chefs José Andrés, Katsuya Uechi and Danny Elmaleh. Each one has uniquely influenced the sbe Hospitality Collection and further reinforced sbe's commitment to curating an uncompromising culture for guests and employees.

Already a proven leader in Southern California, sbe is poised for significant growth. Currently, sbe is expanding many of its flagship hotel, restaurant and nightlife brands into the Las Vegas, New York City, and Miami markets.

sbe Hospitality Brands

sbe owns several Los Angeles nightclubs and lounges:Create, Greystone Manor, Emerson, Hyde, XIV, Colony, Eden, MyHouse, MyStudio and The Abbey. The group owns each club outright without other investors. These venues continue to see a high level of popularity and celebrity patronage, as well as being frequently visited by the characters of HBO's Entourage. sbe brand has also been featured on episodes of The Hills.

Restaurants

In partnerships with Philippe Starck and chefs Katsuya Uechi, José Andrés and Michael Mina has resulted in the restaurant Katsuya, with locations in Brentwood, Hollywood, Glendale, downtown Los Angeles and downtown San Diego. XIV, in partnership with Chef Michael Mina, opened on the Sunset Strip in October 2008.[1] (XIV closed in August 2011.) sbe opened The Bazaar with José Andrés, which is integrated into SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, in 2008.[2] sbe is also invested in hamburger chain Umami Burger.[3]

Create

Create nightclub is an entertainment venue located at 6021 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California in the United States of America. The venue comprises four distinct entertainment areas including a main ballroom.[4] You can find information for upcoming events, tickets and vip table reservations (bottle service) at Create's website.[5]

Jordan Birnbaum invested in Vanguard Hollywood when it was initially started and known as Qtopia Events.[6] Holding a ten year lease on Hollywood Boulevard, the company was publically launched in June 2002, without a liquor licence and with the intention of being used as a recording studio by day. Qtopia Events was not successful and Birnbaum took over management and re-branded the company as Vanguard Hollywood. By 2004 Vanguard broke even and obtained a liquor licence. Over $40 million was generated over the next five years before Birnbaum sold Vanguard in 2009.[7] The club was acquired by sbe and revamped in 2013.[8] Later that year, SBE partnered with Insomniac Events and renamed the club Create.[9]

The Abbey

The Abbey is a bar and nightclub in West Hollywood, California. It was purchased by sbe Entertainment Group[10] and has taken on more of a mixed clientele, offering entertainment to both gay and straight patrons. David Cooley is now the president of The Abbey.

The bar originally opened in 1991 as a gay coffeehouse. Wanting more of an evening appeal, a bar area was made. Wishing to compete with the other local gay bars, the owners transformed the back stock area into a lounge area and eventually even bought out the neighboring pottery store to further expand the business's size. It is one of the highest tax revenue producing businesses in West Hollywood, California.[11]

The Abbey has been notably featured in a number of television series of interest to the LGBT community, including being the venue of the Logo original series Wisecrack. The club and its owner, David Cooley, have also featured in the Logo series Open Bar and Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising and the Oxygen network original series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Transgender actress Candis Cayne was featured in several lip-synch shows there in 2008.

SLS Hotels

In 2007, sbe acquired the Sahara Hotel & Casino.[12] On February 14, 2013 sbe head Sam Nazarian announced the groundbreaking for the $415 million conversion of the hotel into the SLS Las Vegas. It will contain 1,600 rooms, a casino, four nightclubs, a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) branch of the famed Los Angeles clothing store Fred Segal and restaurants including branches of The Bazaar by José Andrés, Katsuya by Starck and Umami Burger. The hotel will open in Fall 2014.[13]

In addition to SLS Hotels, Sam Nazarian has invested in several Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, such as:

References

  1. ^ a b "SBE Corporate".
  2. ^ "The Bazaar at SLS Beverly Hills, Rendered".
  3. ^ Gelt, Jessica (August 11, 2011). "Umami Burger's brand sizzles with SBE backing". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Create Layout
  5. ^ Create Nightclub website
  6. ^ L.A. can party big, too, L.A Times, August 04, 2005
  7. ^ Vanguard Hollywood History
  8. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/14/entertainment/la-et-ms-a-revamped-vanguard-aims-to-be-front-and-center-on-las-edm-scene-20130214
  9. ^ Insomniac and SBE announce new Hollywood EDM club Create
  10. ^ "Gay?" ~ Out Magazine December 12, 2007.
  11. ^ "West Hollywood Tax Revenue Q4 2012" Spring 2013.
  12. ^ "Wharton Biography of Sam Nazarian".
  13. ^ http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article69375SLS_Las_Vegas_Redevelopment_Breaks_Ground.html
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