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South Beach and Miami Beach nightlife is changing before our eyes. A major South Beach nightclub, Miami Opium Garden with Prive, just closed its doors and is moving to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Is this the beginning of a new trend or just an isolated event? The Miami Opium Garden along with its VIP Prive has been the leading Miami Beach nightlife nightclub in South Beach for decades.

The crisis afflicting South Florida was probably the major factor behind this move. Miami Opium Garden will reopen at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in mid-March. Even the world-renowned Winter Music Conference will hold events there for the first time.

The city of Miami Beach became anti-nightclubs and quoted thousands of violations made by Miami Beach clubs in the past 10 years. Miami Beach vacation rentals attract a large variety of vacationers including clubbers. This aggressive stand by the city might endanger the future of Miami Beach nightlife and reputation as a trendy, hip city. TV series such as CSI Miami have attracted a lot of tourists because of their depiction of the glamorous Miami Beach nightlife. What will become of Miami Beach if the Miami Beach nightlife disappears? Miami Opium Garden was hit with so many noise violations that it decided it could not operate anymore in such a hostile environment. The city noise ordinance was unbearable. The Opium Group sued the city but ultimately lost the fight. Opium Group continues being a part of Miami Beach nightlife and operating Mansion, SET and the Louis Bar Lounge in the Gansevoort hotel.

The Seminole Hard Rock Casino is one of the major entertainment centers in South Florida with a casino, restaurants, concert venues, stores, hotels and night clubs such as Passions, Pangaea and Gryphon. The Seminole Hard Rock Casino is very popular among locals and has a slightly older crowd than you will find within the Miami Beach nightlife.

Airing on the CBS network, one of the most popular series in the U.S., CSI Miami stands for Crime Scene Investigation Miami. The show depicts a team of forensic scientists in action solving murders after murders using to do so the most advanced available technology. This TV show has become very popular throughout the years, and one of the reasons is, of course, David Caruso’s performance as Horacio Cane. David Caruso’s performance has been mocked all over the world. Even Jim Carrey did his interpretation at Dave Letterman’s Late Show. Apart from all, I have to tell show I love the show, even when sometimes it is completely irrelevant to Miami, Florida.

If you have seen the show, you already know its features views of Miami Beach’s most upscale buildings. Besides, all crimes take place at the hottest Miami night clubs, Miami hotels such as the Delano Hotel Pool, and tropical Miami luxury homes. All this is just one part of Miami, and perhaps the most important since is the one keeping Miami tourism alive. Actually, there is nothing better that having money and been in Miami because this way people can truly experience or even visiting Miami the “CSI Miami’s style.” With enough resources you will be able to charter a Miami boat to enjoy our fantastic waters when on vacations in Miami. Additionally, you will be able to enjoy fine dining and definitely the best of Miami nightlife at the most high-end South Beach nightclubs and Miami hotels. If you are a visitor, renting a luxury car in Miami is pretty easy… you can even rent a Hummer H2, Horacio Cane’s vehicle on CSI Miami.

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Afterwards, this over the top Miami’s lifestyle is just a little part of the City of Miami. In fact, there a less popular TV show that features the city of Miami as a star in a more real way. Dexter, Based on Jeff Lindsay’s novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter, is a TV show about a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami Dade Police Department that hunts down people who have escaped justice and makes sure they don’t get away with a crime again. Dexter is a serial killer of serial killers. Making the point Dexter, which also airs on CBS, show a more low-key human side of Miami. With views of Latin suburbs and Cuban café places, Dexter shows Miami as Miami’s residents truly know it.

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