Sitka Restaurant Group, World Championship Wrestling
Food type
Steakhouse
City
Las Vegas
Country
United States
Seating capacity
350
WCW Nitro Grill was an American professional wrestling-themed steakhouse owned by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that opened on May 22, 1999 at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.[1] It was built at a cost of $2 million. Professional wrestlers frequented the restaurant when they were touring in Las Vegas.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The restaurant hosted weekly watch parties for WCW Monday Nitro and WCW Thunder as well as occasional autograph signings with members of the WCW roster.[8] It closed on September 30, 2000 just six months before most of WCW's holdings were sold to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2001.[9][10] The dining room was 16,000 square feet and could seat 350 people.[11] After the Las Vegas location opened, there were tentative plans to open more Nitro Grills across the United States, although none were ever announced.[12]
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