When was the Elvis exhibit at the Westgate removed after being held hostage for back rent, and is the Elvis wedding chapel still there? I read the column daily, but must have missed that information. I visited when the exhibit opened and for the Elvis show. Why didn't the Elvis show continue?
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In April 2015, approximately 350 Elvis artifacts were put on display at the Westgate in a 28,000-square-foot exhibit space, dubbed “Graceland Presents Elvis: The Exhibition — The Show — The Experience,” which included a retail shop, wedding chapel, and production show. The highlight for many were the Graceland-produced videos, which included a 26-minute film featuring the greatest performances in the singer's career, many of them at the International/Hilton hotel, which preceded the Westgate in the days when Elvis was still in the building.
Both the show and exhibit were sparsely attended. The show, The Elvis Experience, closed after only a month; the exhibit lasted till February 2016, less than a year.
In April 2017, the Westgate sued Exhibit A Circle, a Delaware LLC that signed the 10-year contract for the exhibit and show on behalf of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Westgate claimed it had invested upwards of $9 million renovating the space to house the exhibits and it wanted Elvis’ estate to pay the $9 million back, plus $2.25 million in damages.
Elvis Presley Enterprises then sued the Westgate for the return of the artifacts after the hotel-casino put them under lock and key using a legal maneuver known as an “innkeeper’s lien,” under which an innkeeper can keep a guest or tenant’s property in order to secure money owed.
In July 2017, a Westgate spokesperson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that an “independent arbitrator sided with the resort and ruled that Exhibit A purposefully defaulted on the lease agreement.” The arbitrator ordered Exhibit A to pay the Westgate $2.2 million.
That, however, is where our trail goes cold. We could find no further information about the dispute, nor whether or not Exhibit A paid up and the Westgate released the Elvis memorabilia.
We can only assume that no news is good news and that since it’s two years later, a settlement was reached that satisfied all parties. But you know us; we’re eternal optimists and if we hear differently, we’ll update this answer.
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