What Happened to Club Platinum After Bar Rescue? (Las Vegas, NV)

Club Platinum was a Las Vegas adult-entertainment venue that Mike Capovilla opened in 1972 as a jazz club before converting it to a gentlemen's club as musical tastes shifted; his wife, Rita, took over full-time after his death in 1994 while raising their three children. By the time Bar Rescue's "Pole Without a Purpose" episode aired in April 2018, the club was losing roughly $2,200 a month despite holding a rare combination of Nevada topless-entertainment, gaming, and liquor licenses. Manager Lynn was still performing on stage rather than supervising, dancers described themselves as independent contractors with little accountability to the house, and Rita's daughter, Alissa, had experience in hospitality but had been kept out of the family business.

Mixologist Lisamarie Joyce retrained the bartenders on a female-focused cocktail menu, and dance coach Gillian Schmitz worked with the performers on a choreographed routine. Jon Taffer chose to keep the Club Platinum name given its four-decade history rather than rebrand it, while updating the lighting, décor, and point-of-sale systems, and Rita agreed to let Alissa take on a management role. The rescue produced a lasting run: sales were reported up 30 percent at the standard six-week follow-up, and the club continued operating for years afterward under Rita and Alissa.

The property was listed for sale in late 2022 for roughly $5 million, marketed specifically around its combination of an adult-entertainment permit, a liquor license, and a gaming license as a package considered difficult to replicate elsewhere in Las Vegas, with the listing moving between "in escrow" and "active" status before appearing to come off the market by early 2024. More recent evidence conflicts: a Yelp listing for the address, updated in June 2026, still carries posted operating hours, while several 2026 visitor comments describe Google Street View imagery from February 2026 showing the building fenced off, and a separate Restaurant Guru listing marks the location permanently closed. Those sources could not be reconciled, leaving the club's current operating status unresolved as of this check.