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See inside the Cavaliers' swanky private, members-only club at Rocket Arena
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have turned to The h.wood Group to develop HIPP, a private, members-only club at Rocket Arena.
The elegant supper club will limit members to 100 and personalize each visit, according to a release. Members will have access to a private entrance with valet parking, chef-inspired plated meals along with custom cocktails, premier wine list, unlimited concessions and access to each club in the arena. There are currently six other club spaces.
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While the cost to become a HIPP member hasn't been released, it's been reported to be in the five-digit range.
"HIPP sets the global benchmark for luxury in sports and entertainment," said Nic Barlage, CEO of Rock Entertainment Group, Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Arena in a release. "Our ongoing commitment to experiential innovation continues to elevate Rocket Arena as one of the premier entertainment destinations in the world."
The club's designers, in that respect, chose wisely. The Hippodrome Theater was a world-class Broadway-level playhouse built in 1907 and was a center of the downtown area for years. It eventually would host films as the technology entered the mainstream.
However, unlike the effort to save the theaters of Playhouse Square , the "Hipp," as it came to be known during its later years when it was known for showing low-budget and blaxploitation films, did not survive, being torn down in 1981 and served as parking space until the completion of the City Club Apartments in 2023.
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George M. Thomas covers a myriad of things including sports and pop culture, but mostly sports, he thinks, for the Beacon Journal.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Cavs' Rocket Arena private club HIPP honors Cleveland's history
