Players Ball Not Big Ballers After All

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YNOT -- Last week it was reported that the Internext version of the Players Ball signed rap star Warren G, and the popular event would take place at the Rain nightclub at the Palms Hotel & Casino on January 10th. That's the same venue for Internext itself, but one day prior to the start of the expo. It now seems that the plan could change, however, as event promoter D-Money told YNOT.com that the Rain is making things difficult.

"The reason for the 10th was because Rain is used as the trade show floor the next day and would only be available for use on the 10th," said D-Money. "Normally that is the night for Internext's welcoming party. We also wanted to try to attract some of the AEE crowd since Rain is such a huge venue and more porn stars always makes the Players Ball more fun."

With plenty of industry professionals looking for something to do on the night between AVN's Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) and the strictly business-to-business Internext Expo, the logic behind the date makes sense, but that doesn't mean the process has been smooth sailing for D-Money and his company D-Money Presents.

"Well, since we planned on having the Ball on the 10th, Rain hasn't been as nice to us as they have been in the past, so they wanted to charge us over $30k just to use their venue that night," D-Money told YNOT. "This is a deal breaker for the Players Ball. Lucky for us, we have many great Vegas contacts for more venue options. It's a good thing that we've always provided our venues with our 'player' crowd. This makes it easy for us to have backup plans."

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