| EVENT REPORT 01.28.03 12:00 AM |
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| New Casino Holds Stylish Preview |
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| It's been 13 years since a new casino opened in Atlantic City, so the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has to build some momentum for its big opening, slated for this summer. The casino's owners—MGM Mirage and Boyd Gaming—threw a splashy party for press and analysts at the Supper Club to preview the cuisines of the 11 restaurants that will reside inside Borgata. |
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 | | At the preview event for Atlantic City's new Borgata Hotel Casino at the Supper Club, Design Fusion suspended a mirrored cutout sign of the Borgata logo in front of a sunny yellow curtain. See Factor shined sun-shaped light projections on both sides of the sign. |
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 | | A black runway extended from the stage at the Supper Club. Multicolored spotlights highlighted the banquet tables. |
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 | | Fashion design Zac Posen (right) showed off the new cocktail waitress uniform he designed for the Borgata. |
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 | | Design Fusion underlit clear acrylic tables covered with white table linens. |
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Produced by Jodi Wolf of Chicago-based Paulette Wolf Events & Entertainment, the event began with a cocktail hour inside the Supper Club's King Kong Room, where hors d'oeuvres prepared by the featured chefs were passed with champagne and special cocktails created by Borgata's sommeliers. A mirrored Borgata sign suspended against a sunny yellow curtain and surrounded by spinning sun-shaped light projections gave the room a warm, summery glow—a comforting atmosphere considering the sub-freezing temperatures outside. Following cocktails, guests moved into the main dining room, where clear acrylic banquet tables covered with white tablecloths were underlit by color-shifting lights. MC Bill Boggs of the Food Network introduced Borgata's restaurant team, beginning with Victor Tiffany, Borgata's vice president of food and beverage, whose resume includes co-developing Tribeca Grill and San Francisco's Rubicon with the Myriad Restaurant Group.
Other notable New Yorkers included Marc and Greg Sherry, who will open a branch of their famed Old Homestead Steakhouse at the Borgata. They were followed by sommeliers Steven Olson and David Gordon, who developed wine lists for restaurants like Tribeca Grill and Gramercy Tavern, and Paladar's Aaron Sanchez, who will open Mixx, a Latin and Asian fusion restaurant and nightclub, with co-chef Edwyn Ferrari of Nobu. A slice of the casino's sex appeal was provided by up-and-coming fashion designer Zac Posen, who showed off the uniform he designed especially for the cocktail waitresses dubbed the "Borgata Babes." Classy.
—Suzanne Ito
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