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Las Vegas: Plaza execs ‘rolling the dice’ to keep showroom alive

Friday, July 10, 2026 1:42 PM
Image aggregated from Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  • John Katsilometes, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Plaza CEO Johnathan Jossel and his right-hand man, Bronson Olimpieri, chat in a booth inside the showroom they are trying to save.

Jossel lays out ways the Plaza Showroom could be used beyond live entertainment. That list would make any entertainment fan shudder.

“A Buffalo Wild Wings, a big sports venue, a bingo hall,” Jossel recites. “We’ve had a lot of options. All good uses. ”

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He is right. Several Las Vegas showrooms, theaters and lounges have closed for concepts lacking adventurism but maximizing profits (and we can now play bingo at the old Ovation Showroom at Green Valley Ranch).