Brooklyn Bowl Opens in Las Vegas

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, described as "a temple of live music, bowling, food and drink" by Las Vegas Weekly and "an 80,000 square foot wonderland" by The Las Vegas Sun, is now open at The LINQ in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

Following a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, March 7 with founders Peter Shapiro and Charley Ryan and Blue Ribbon co-owner, and partner Bruce Bromberg, the first concert at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas featured the New York-based soul/jazz fusion trio Soulive, whose members have played the original Williamsburg venue more than fifty times.

"It was an amazing experience to open in Las Vegas while staying true to our Brooklyn roots." said founder Peter Shapiro "It was really important to us to have a band like Soulive open this venue. It's paying homage to where we came from, and sets the vibe for what we are going to do in Las Vegas going forward. We really want to create a home for live music lovers, and based on the many people who hugged me this weekend, I think we have created that."

After being the first to play the new venue Soulive founding member, Eric Krasno, who has played in hundreds of venues around the world over the past fifteen years, came away from the opening weekend blown away. "As someone who has been fortunate enough to play at Brooklyn Bowl in NYC and London I was really excited to see Brooklyn Bowl on steroids in Vegas," Kranso said. "I expected a great venue but it's so over the top that I don't even know what to say. It's the best venue that we have ever played."

Spanning 80,000 square feet and able to accommodate more than 2,000 concertgoers, Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas is one of the largest dedicated music venues in America. In addition to the music lineup, the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas experience is complemented by five bars that feature 12 beers on tap, including craft brews and Brooklyn offerings and rocking comfort food by world-renowned Bromberg Brothers Blue Ribbon Restaurants, including their iconic Fried Chicken seen on Food Network's "The Best Thing I Ever Ate."

Bowling lanes will be available for rent during the day from 11:00 a.m. until close beginning Monday, March 17. All-ages bowling will be available daily from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Restaurant-style service featuring the full menu will be available at each lane.

Brooklyn Bowl New York made their mark by booking some of the biggest and best acts on the planet including Kanye West, Paul Simon, Snoop Dogg, Bob Weir, The Roots, The Neville Brothers, Guns N'Roses, Warren Haynes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Adele, Galactic, and Portugal among others. Las Vegas' March programming takes the lead from the original Brooklyn Bowl by offering a robust schedule of live concert and performance events as well as afterhours entertainment:

The Roots - Friday, March 14

The Roots, a Grammy Award-winning hip hop/neo-soul band and house band for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" have been described by About.com as "hip hop's first legitimate band" (show: 11:30 p.m., admission: $35-$40 )

Elvis Costello and The Roots - Saturday, March 15

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award winner Elvis Costello will be joined by Grammy Award winning hip hop band The Roots. (show: 9 p.m., admission: $69.50. 2 night pass: $139.00) Following that performance, The Roots' leader Questlove will DJ a "Bowl Train" set, the iconic party he has hosted at Brooklyn Bowl New York every Thursday since the venue opened in 2009.

Elvis Costello and The Roots - Sunday, March 16

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award winner Elvis Costello will be joined by Grammy Award winning hip hop band The Roots. (show: 8 p.m. , admission: $69.50 )

Brett Dennen - Wednesday, March 19

Folk/pop singer and songwriter Brett Dennen will appear with Irish musician Foy Vance. (show: 8 p.m., admission: $15 - $20 )

Cake - Thursday, March 20, Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22

Alternative rock band Cake, whose latest album has been described by the New York Times as "post-new wave with smart lyrics," comes to Brooklyn Bowl for 3 nights. (show: 6 p.m., admission: $36.50 - $40. 3-night pass: $109.50)

Karl Denson - Thursday, March 20, Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22

Funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Karl Denson, formerly of Lenny Kravitz's band, brings his band Tiny Universe to Brooklyn Bowl for 3 late-night performance sets. (shows: 11:59 p.m., admission: $15 - $20. )

Local Natives - Sunday, March 23

Indie rock band Local Natives brings their indie sound to the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas stage. (show: 8 p.m., admission: $20 - $25 )

Galactic - Wednesday, March 26, Thursday, March 27, Friday, March 28 & Saturday, March 29

New Orleans based funk and jazz jam band Galactic. (shows: 11:30 p.m., admission: $25 )

Lettuce- Saturday, March 29 & Sunday, March 30

The Brooklyn-based, seven-piece funk outfit, will perform over two nights. (shows: 7 p.m., admission: $20. 2 night pass: $40)

For more information on additional shows at Brooklyn Bowl and to purchase tickets, visit www.brooklynbowl.com.