Arthur Lucero moved to Las Vegas to seek “more opportunity, something exciting, more social,” he says. And that’s exactly what he got!
Lucero works as a model bartender for the Strip residency show Magic Mike Live Las Vegas at Sahara Las Vegas and he found everything that he’s been looking for.
When he moved to the city in 2013 from Taos, N.M., he cut his teeth in the industry bartending for hot spots like Piranha nightclub. Then, in 2017, he heard about the Magic Mike movie franchise opening up a live show at the then-Hard Rock Hotel, so he decided to audition for one of its model bartender positions. He landed the job and stayed with the show until it closed at Hard Rock. He bartended at bars and restaurants in Park MGM until he caught wind that the show was opening at Sahara. “When I heard the show was set to reopen, I reached out to the managers, who were happy to welcome me back, which was a huge honor,” Lucero says.
The show recently celebrated its grand opening. “We get all types of guests from all over the country,” Lucero says. “They’re always a little nervous because they don’t know what to expect. As part of the model bartending team, the experience begins with us. I let them know, ‘Let’s have some fun tonight.’ The goal of the show is to remind women how powerful and precious they are, so celebrating them the moment they come up to the bar, that’s what it’s about. The smile you see when people walk out of the theater—you can see their aura glowing.”
While Lucero works his magic behind the bar whipping up cocktails, I had to ask if he ever gets to shake his groove thang for guests, so to speak. “I always like to insert a corny joke when guests ask that. I like to tell them, ‘I auditioned but word-of-mouth straight from Channing Tatum (who conceived and co-produces the show), the only thing I have business shaking is a cocktail.’” Ha!
Libation: The Unicorn
The bar inside the Magic Mike Live Las Vegas theater offers a nice selection of specially created themed cocktails like The Unicorn. (You’ll understand where the name comes from after you see the show—and, oh boy, is the name magical!) The cocktail is mixed with Botanist gin, Singani 63, Pavan Muscat liqueur, lemon juice, watermelon syrup and topped with Prosecco and garnished with strawberry-flavored cocktail caviar. The glass is then rimmed and coated with edible Electra unicorn dust.
Benefit: Head to the theater an hour before the show starts to relax and have some cocktails in the spacious lounge.
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