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Country Star Restaurants Inc. begin construction on Country Star Las Vegas restaurant.


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1996--Country Star Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:CAFE,CAFEP CAFEP Certificat d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Enseignement du PrivĂ© (French) ) Monday announced that it has received the necessary building permits from Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
  • Clark County, Arkansas
  • Clark County, Idaho
  • Clark County, Illinois
  • Clark County, Indiana
  • Clark County, Kansas
  • Clark County, Kentucky
  • Clark County, Missouri
, Nev., to construct its Country Star Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  restaurant.

Accordingly, construction will officially commence Monday and is scheduled for completion in June 1996. The company had announced demolition on the Country Star Las Vegas site in December 1995.

Located on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road.  (Las Vegas Boulevard South) within one square block of more than 30,000 hotel rooms, Country Star Las Vegas will be the company's second restaurant. It will occupy 21,000 square feet and seat more than 550 people. The entrance on Las Vegas Boulevard South will feature the company's trademarked jukebox facade.

The restaurant will also feature interactive video kiosks that contain interviews and information on its celebrity spokespersons, world-renowned country-music recording artists Vince Gill The introduction of this article is too short.
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, Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy award winning American singer and country music performer, and actress.[1] Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Music",[2][3]  and Wynonna Judd and country-music television personalities Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase.

The restaurant will also include memorabilia displays from other famous country-music stars such as Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, musician, author, actress, and philanthropist. , Conway Twitty, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Hank Williams Jr. and Tanya Tucker, among numerous others.

G.B. Mannisto Construction, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company specializing exclusively in building high-quality restaurants, has been hired as the general contractor for the construction of Country Star Las Vegas.

In November 1995, Country Star Restaurants received $4.5 million of private equity development financing and raised an additional $14.4 million from a public offering of its Series A preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders.

Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate.
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The company intends to use these proceeds to finance construction of Country Star Las Vegas and the company's upcoming Country Star Atlanta restaurant, also scheduled to open in the second quarter of 1996, prior to the centennial Olympic Games.

Country Star Atlanta will be located in Buckhead, an upscale section of the city that is the premier dining-out destination.

Country Star Restaurants develops, constructs, owns and operates country-music-theme restaurants combining high-quality, moderately priced food with a family-oriented environment.

The company opened its first restaurant in Southern California during August 1994 adjacent to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and Universal City Walk developments.

CONTACT: Country Star Restaurants Inc., Los Angeles

Peter Feinstein, 310/268-2200
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