Score 2 MILLION for Westgate and Elvis Presley artifacts remain hostage!

Westgate scores 2 Million!

2 million in a legal dispute centered on its ill-fated Elvis Presley attraction and stage show. The production “The Elvis Experience” ran from April to May 2015, while the 28,000-square-foot “Graceland Presents: Elvis the Exhibition” was open from April 2015 to February 2016.

The two-team parlay of Elvis attractions was never profitable (hence the untimely closings). The abrupt shuttering of the show and exhibit sparked a messy lawsuit between Westgate and third-party production company Exhibit A Circle LLC, which was contracted to stage the Elvis events.

Exhibit A Circle made the decision to shut down both the exhibit and the stage show. As a result, Westgate claimed in court papers that it suffered serious financial losses as Exhibit A Circle was in breach of its 10-year operating contract with the hotel.

On June 27, after a lengthy legal back-and-forth, Westgate was awarded about $2.25 million in damages by a federal arbitrator.
Still to be determined is a separate legal dispute between the Graceland-headquartered Elvis Presley Enterprises and Westgate. The hotel still has possession of the memorabilia displayed at the exhibition, including the American Eagle jumpsuit Elvis wore onstage at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1972, the tunic he wore on an opening night in July 1969, a telegram he sent to Barbra Streisand on opening night at the International, the jumpsuit he wore in the film “Viva Las Vegas” and all of the original Sun records Presley recorded with Sam Phillips.

As Westgate Chief Operating Officer Mark Waltrip said this week, those items will remain in the resort’s possession until Elvis Presley Enterprises pays a multimillion-dollar bond to release the property, or there is a final ruling in the case, which was filed in Clark Country District Court in 2016.

The showroom where the “Elvis Experience” was staged — and the real Elvis once performed — is currently home to just one show: The Prince tribute Purple Reign. The only Elvis presence in the hotel is the bronze statue near the entrance, trumpeting The King’s long headlining run at the International and Las Vegas Hilton.

The statue, like the dispute involving the folks at Graceland and Westgate, is at a standstill.

Fostering a jam.

Source -  Las Vegas Review Journal

BIM - What does that mean? The statue is at a standstill? Will they remove it? 

What concerns me is the previous reports from an employee who said these items were not being guarded and under bad conditions. 

Have your war but PLEASE PRESERVE Elvis Presley's personal items.

Don't take it out on Elvis or his fans! 

Elvis was so loyal to that hotel and he performed a grueling schedule of concert dates at that hotel. 

Show a little respect. 

Give the fans an update HOW you are storing and preserving his artifacts. 

I will NEVER step foot in that hotel along with many other Elvis fans, out of concern and loyalty to Elvis Presley.

And by the way .....all trails lead back to Joel 

 Exhibit A Circle, LLC Overview

Exhibit A Circle, LLC filed as a Foreign Limited-Liability Company in the State of Nevada on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 and is approximately two years old, according to public records filed with Nevada Secretary of State. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the state they originally filed in. This does not necessarily mean that they are from outside the United States.

Owner - Joel Weinshanker

Shady boots, folks!

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