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Las Vegas Hip Hop club files law suite against Caesars Palace
Poetry Nightclub along with Wolfgang Puck's Chinois restaurant have both filed a law suit against Caesars Palace and Simon Property Group for what they say is a “discriminatory treatment†against Poetry’s African American clientele.
Poetry story has received
lots of coverage in several
"As it's been expressed to us, corporations are under the impression that too many black people on your property harm business." says Mike Goodwin, Poetry's managing partner. "Poetry Nightclub is an upscale hip hop venue with a large celebrity clientele. To obstruct my customers access to the club because they are the "wrong kind of customer" is a sad reflection on Corporate America." added Goodwin.
The lawsuit considers that
the exit route selected for Poetry's customers is a premeditated action by
Caesars and Forum Shops owners to drive Poetry out of business because they consider
that the large presence of hundreds of African American does not fit well with
the 'brand' of the extremely upscale Forum Shops. Poetry Nightclub is located
at
The defendants’
motions to dismiss the case are scheduled to be heard before a federal judge in
"They
put a huge wall up to prevent African American people and people who like
hip-hop from coming to Poetry. Instead of walking through a nice air-conditioned
casino, we have to work through a dirty back alley. Why is there a wall here?
Why are minority people forced in through a back alley in 2008?" said the

