Le Prive

Le Prive

Le Prive was a successful Korean club or "K-Club" in Los Angeles which was believed to be the largest Asian dance club in North America. The significance of this club had been reported in a variety of newsmedia including LA Weekly, Asianweek, KoreAm Journal and the Seoul Times. The club featured gothic accents, gargoyles with lights piercing from their eyes, plush velvet couches, private karaoke rooms, a large dance floor with integrated floor illumination system, and a marble trimmed bathrooms. The club was located on 721 S. Western Ave and opened in 2000, but closed in 2005 or 2006.

Booking

Booking, a unique Korean club practice in which waiters will take women to tables to meet men for mini-dates, was common at Le Prive.

Clientele

Approximately 65% of the patrons were Koreans (Korean Americans and Korean immigrants), 20% are Chinese (Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants), 5% other Asians, 10% non Asians. The club hosts an average age range from 21 to 30, as well as a number of underage persons who have managed to sneak past the bouncer checking ID at the door.

Celebrties who came to Le Prive were Ben Affleck, Nicolas Cage, Jackie Chan, Chang Chen, Brian McKnight, Mickey Rourke and Oliver Stone It is rumored this is where Nicolas Cage met his wife, Alice Kim. Shaquille O'Neal held his birthday party there as well.

Le Prive as Music Video Set

Jennifer Lopez, DMX, Sugar Ray and Gerald Levert have filmed music videos at Le Prive

External links

* [http://www.asianweek.com/2002_06_14/news_upfront.html Police: Booze Fuels Koreatown Crime] (Asian Week - June 14, 2002)

* [http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/dining/cracking-the-clubbing-code/2010/ Cracking the Clubbing Code] (LA Weekly - February 5, 2004)

* [http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=870 It's Koreatown, Jake] (Seoul Times)


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