Ovechkin was turned away by Las Vegas doorman
Alex Ovechkin at the meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, May of 2008.
Imagine that, Alex was able to sneak in to Kremlin in flip flops, but was stopped in Vegas.
Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 19, 2009:
Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's most valuable player, doesn't get stopped very often.
But a doorman at Lavo, the Palazzo hot spot, can say he accomplished what a lot of goalies rarely do.
Ovechkin was turned away at the door Wednesday night when he and two friends showed up wearing flip flops on their way to, of all places, a fashion show.
Before the Russian superstar moved on, someone at the door recognized him, and he and his friends attended Jeremy Roenick's Label Junkie party that featured his Muze T-shirt line in Lavo's nightclub. He was wearing shredded jeans and a T-shirt.
About 30 NHL players attended the event, including Mats Sundin of the Vancouver Canucks and Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers.
Clubs sometimes make an exception to their dress code rules. Sometimes they don't.
Shaquille O'Neal, wearing shorts and sneakers, was asked to leave Light nightclub (now The Bank) at Bellagio about seven years ago.
Eric Trump showed up at Light with more than a dozen male friends on his 21st birthday in 2005. He was turned away in part because Light had a policy that limits parties of men to six, to keep the female ratio high, and because he played the dreaded "don't-you-know-who-I am" card.
Lavo recently turned back Terrell Owens because of dress code issues. Tao did the same to NBA star Dwyane Wade.
Ovechkin, the league's goal-scoring leader, scored great room accommodations. He has been staying in the Crib Suite at the Palms Fantasy Tower. The suite features a hydraulic bed, a DJ booth and a pool table.
He showed up at the awards after-party at the Palms Pool & Bungalows in the company of a stunning cocktail server from Encore's XS nightclub.
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3 comments:
having fun Alex. Next year you better hoist the Cup over your head.
It would be more shocking if this happened at a Moscow club.
Actually it is not verified, but I read in one Russian newspaper that Ovechkin was not allowed in one of the Moscow night clubs last summer because the bouncer didn't like that Ovie was missing the front tooth. Obviously the bouncer didn't know who he was dealing with.
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