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THE STRIP TROPICANA BREAKS WITH NIKKI BRAND By John Katsilometesstaff writer The dance floor is being cleared at Tropicana's Club Nikki, and the sun is setting on Nikki Beach. The Tropicana has cut loose its Miami Beach-based nightclub, pool club and restaurant operator. "My understanding is the team in Vegas will be reassigned across the country," said Todd Recine, vice president of food, beverage and retail at the Trop . "They're good people, and we like them and like the brand. We wish them the best." Club Nikki will continue operations for the short-term . The business partnership between the Trop and the Nikki empire culminated in the opening of Cafe Nikki, Club Nikki and Nikki Beach as part of the Trop's $165 million renovation. But four months after hosting a splashy, poolside White Party to mark the official opening of Nikki Beach, Trop has taken over all operations. The move comes a month after A5 Group of Las Vegas ended its promotions and marketing agreement with the Trop to operate the venues. SEE NIKKI PAGE 11 TOURISM DEADLOCKED VOTE MEANS NO CHANGE IN TAXICAB RATES By Richard N. Velott asenior staff writer The riding public won't see a taxi rate increase this year after the Nevada Taxicab Authority deadlocked on a proposal to raise the rate by 20 cents a mile. Representatives of two unions that represent cab drivers asked the board that oversees 16 cab companies operating in Clark County to raise rates. Cab company owners and the Taxicab SEE TAXICAB RATES PAGE 11 COURTS FATE OF LONGORIA'S RESTAURANT IN HANDS OF CITYCENTER MALL By Steve Greensenior staff writer A quick-witted bankruptcy judge reminded everyone in his courtroom last week that the luxury Crystals shopping mall is the entity that actually controls the fate of Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant there. During a hearing on a plan by Landry's FIRST SPLASH: Revelers dance and soak in the sun at Nikki Beach at its opening day in May. The venue couldn't maintain its momentum, though, and has been dropped by Tropicana. Restaurants Inc. of Houston to buy Beso's assets out of bankruptcy for $1 million, an attorney for SEE BESO PAGE 11 | 3 OCTOBER 2011 | 7 VEGAS INC FILE