WCW Nitro Grill

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WCW Nitro Grill
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Restaurant information
EstablishedMay 22, 1999 (1999-05-22)
ClosedSeptember 30, 2000 (2000-09-30)
Previous owner(s)Sitka Restaurant Group, World Championship Wrestling
Food type Steakhouse
City Las Vegas
CountryUnited States
Seating capacity350

WCW Nitro Grill was an American professional wrestling-themed steakhouse owned by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that opened on May 22, 1999 at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. [1] It was built at a cost of $2 million. Professional wrestlers frequented the restaurant when they were touring in Las Vegas. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The restaurant hosted weekly watch parties for WCW Monday Nitro and WCW Thunder as well as occasional autograph signings with members of the WCW roster. [8] It closed on September 30, 2000 just six months before most of WCW's holdings were sold to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2001. [9] [10] The dining room was 16,000 square feet and could seat 350 people. [11] After the Las Vegas location opened, there were tentative plans to open more Nitro Grills across the United States, although none were ever announced. [12]

The Las Vegas location is now currently occupied by Dick's Last Resort, a chain of bars and restaurants in the United States with 12 locations in 7 states. [13]

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