{"id":297742,"date":"2023-11-07T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=297742"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:32:29","slug":"spiegelworld-forced-to-change-name-of-new-f1-las-vegas-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/spiegelworld-forced-to-change-name-of-new-f1-las-vegas-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiegelworld Forced to Change Name of New F1 Las Vegas Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the space of three days, Spiegelworld , the Las Vegas-based producers of Absinthe <\/em>at Caesars Palace and other adult-themed circus extravaganzas, announced a new show on the Strip, and<\/em> was forced to change its name.<\/p>\n

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Spiegelworld performers rehearse the company’s new F1-inspired Las Vegas show, originally titled Box Box<\/em>, but now known as Lights Out!<\/em> (Image: Spiegelworld)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Box Box <\/em>was the show scheduled to debut at the Cosmopolitan just before the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, which it uses as subject matter. The name is F1 slang for a pit stop.<\/p>\n

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Spiegelworld founder and chief Ross Mollison described the show in a press release as \u201cjust a little bit of late-night fun for an intimate crowd, celebrating a landmark Las Vegas sporting event with some cocktails, pizza, and a few laughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

However, Box Box <\/em>is also a name used by other things, as Mollison recently discovered.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, we had a line of angry lawyers knocking on our door, threatening to sue us because the name was too similar to a New York City adult cabaret nightclub, a Californian storage company, and a boxing gym in Pasadena,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The show is still scheduled to run. Only now, it\u2019ll be known as Lights Out! <\/em>Its new name is part of the catchphrase for the start of a race — \u201cIt\u2019s lights out and away we go\u201d — invented and popularized by F1 announcer David Croft.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we don\u2019t get sued by the NV Energy company,\u201d Mollison joked.<\/p>\n

The Starting Line<\/h2>\n

A few months ago, Spiegelworld locked some of L.A.\u2019s most talented comic artists away for a month in the California town of Nipton, which the company purchased in January<\/a> to convert into its own circus town.<\/p>\n

Their mission was to create material for a \u201ctiny, stupid, fun show that explored why human beings are obsessed with the idea of very fast cars driving around a track,\u201d Mollison said.<\/p>\n

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What they came up with are four performers who look like a racing pit crew, but who perform choreographed dances and seemingly unrelated team tasks such as peeling a banana, solving a Rubik\u2019s Cube, and changing a doll\u2019s diaper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of interest in the little car race next week that is stopping Las Vegas traffic and sending show producers into a panic about the disruption to live entertainment on the Strip,\u201d Mollison said. \u201cBut rather than running away from it, Spiegelworld decided to embrace the moment and have a shot at doing what we do best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lights\u00a0 Out! <\/em>debuts at 11 p.m. Wednesday, November 15 inside Superfrico at the Cosmopolitan. Reservations are available at Spiegelworld.com, with a $100 food and beverage minimum per person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the space of three days, Spiegelworld , the Las Vegas-based producers of Absinthe at Caesars Palace and other adult-themed circus extravaganzas, announced a new show on the Strip, and was forced to change its name. 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