This past weekend was one of the most eventful occasions ever to come to Houston, Texas, This event even topped last year’s Super Bowl. The NBA all-star weekend, which started on Thursday for most of us, was filled with long days at the mall and long nights at the club.
Houston was filled with hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world. Even though the main attraction was the all-star game, the biggest draw was the Houston club scene. Many celebrities such as P.Diddy, Mary J. Blige, Shaquille O’Neal, Nelly, R. Kelly, Tracy McGrady, T.I., Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Baby threw parties at the local clubs like Mercury Room, Club Hush, Visions, Maxis, M-Bar, Roxy, The Renaissance, and Dreams.
Even though the parties were star studded, many clubs were charging an arm and a leg to get in. For instance R. Kelly’s pre-game party was charging one-hundred dollars for general admission and two-hundred dollars for VIP.
Many students from Prairie View A&M Universtiy attended a majority of these events. Senior,education majorNatashia Octave said “I went to Maxis on Friday, I saw Lil Wayne and he looked so much better in person. We only paid twenty dollars to get in but, we had to pay another twenty dollars for parking.”
The Bar-Rio, formerly known as T-Town, was invaded with celebrities such as Big Tigger, Trina, Jazze Phe’, Lil Flip, Jody Breeze, and Chamillionaire. The party was thrown by R. Kelly, who by the way, never showed up, but that did not spoil the atmosphere.
Senior business management major Jason Hooey was in attendance at the Bar Rio and he said “Yeah, me and my people were all access, VIP, I saw a lot of stars, but me and my boys are already nation wide celebrities so it was all eyes on us.” When asked about the club atmosphere he said “It was money everywhere, the ladies was looking lovely, it was a nice party.”
The festivities ended late Sunday night, and it will be awhile before Houston host a weekend like this again.