The Sahara is moving to evict the NASCAR Cafe from its Strip-front property in Las Vegas, but the roller-coaster operator is fighting back. The 1,750-room hotel notified the roller coaster and restaurant operator, Dyer Ventures, on May 23 that it wants the property at 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South vacated by Monday. Gordon Gaming Corp., holding company for the 51-year-old Sahara, wrote Dyer on April 22 outlining nonmonetary defaults in the property’s 25-year lease. NASCAR Cafe said it offered to correct the alleged defaults in a “conciliatory reply.” But its response was a letter saying the lease was being terminated and the cafe was being evicted, said Efrem Rosenfeld, a partner in Rosenfeld & Money, the law firm representing the NASCAR Cafe.(more at the Las Vegas Review Journal )(6-17-2003) UPDATE: The Sahara Hotel and Casino and Dyer Ventures, Inc., owner of the NASCAR Cafe Las Vegas entertainment complex at the Sahara, today announced an agreement settling recent differences.Ã Details of the agreement will not be disclosed, but both sides emerged from a meeting Wednesday satisfied and optimistic about the future.Ã The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara opened in March, 2000, with a 300-seat restaurant, 150-seat Carzilla Bar, Las Vegas fastest thrill coaster, SPEED The Ride, and the Las Vegas Cyber Speedway race simulator attraction. Many of the top names in the NASCAR Winston Cup racing series have visited the facility in its three-plus years of operation.(NASCAR PR)(6-27-2003)
