{"id":391114,"date":"2025-11-20T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391114\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:13:18","slug":"ra-ra-room-phoenix-hipp-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391114\/","title":{"rendered":"Ra Ra Room Phoenix, HIPP Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHeading to the arena to watch an NBA game this season<\/a> just got a lot more luxurious, thanks to a couple of new members-only experiences in Phoenix and Cleveland.<\/p>\n

\n\tMortgage Matchup Center in Arizona is now home to The Ra Ra Room<\/a>, a private dining club tucked discreetly inside the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury arena. The brainchild of Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia, along with hospitality company Major Food Group (MFG) and its co-founders Mario Carbone, Jeff Zalaznick and Rich Torrisi, The Ra Ra Room offers a glamorous retreat from the noise of the game just steps away, with an exclusive Art Deco-inspired dining room, full bar, and lounge area (complete with elevated game-time snacks).<\/p>\n

\n\tMembers access The Ra Ra Room through a hidden entrance outside the arena, marked only by a single light-up martini glass. They\u2019re then led through a nondescript hallway adjacent to the arena\u2019s back of house, before the doors open to reveal a lavish and opulent speakeasy-slash-supper club, with soaring columns, dazzling chandeliers and an epicurean menu to match.<\/p>\n

\n\tMajor Food Group is the owner of celebrity hotspot Carbone, and the Italian restaurant\u2019s famous spicy rigatoni is among the favorites on the Ra Ra Room menu. Other signature dishes include MFG\u2019s \u201cCaesar alla ZZ\u201d (a tableside caesar salad), plus shrimp\u00a0ravioli and truffle tortellini. Desert offers a delectable key lime pie and, paying tribute to Arizona\u2019s large hispanic population, a basket of Mexican churros as a sweet treat before the game. A sommelier is happy to suggest a bottle (or two) from The Ra Ra Room\u2019s extensive wine list to pair with dinner, or guests are welcomed to sit and enjoy the view of the space from the bar.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMembers can come and go as they please, whether for a drink or full dinner service, and the space has a private walkway that takes you directly to your seats in the arena, without having to set foot outside. In a release, The Ra Ra Room calls it \u201can exclusive dining and social experience,\u201d adding that \u201cfrom the moment they walk through the door, members enter a world of glamor and indulgence.\u201d More elevated touches: a personal concierge can help you with everything from securing last-minute courtside seats, to booking you a car service home.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Ra Ra Room is designed to be a destination in and of itself with the added convenience of Phoenix\u2019s best sports<\/a> and entertainment offerings in the very same building,\u201d says Ishbia.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdds Mario Carbone: \u201cThe Ra Ra Room is an extraordinary opportunity to merge luxury hospitality with the vibrant energy of Phoenix sports and entertainment. It\u2019s designed to deliver an elevated experience that redefines hospitality standards in Phoenix and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe members-only club is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, during every Suns home game, and open at select Mercury games and concerts. Access doesn\u2019t come cheap: an annual membership starts at $15,000 and doesn\u2019t include meals or event tickets.<\/p>\n

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\n\tOver in Cleveland, hospitality visionary The h.wood Group is bringing its Midas touch to Rocket Arena, with the unveiling of HIPP, a private members-only club in the home of the NBA\u2019s Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by Old Hollywood dining rooms and named after Cleveland\u2019s historic Hippodrome Theatre, HIPP offers an intimate space for dinner and cocktails before and after the game. Capped at just 100 guests per night, the private atmosphere offers a true personalized experience, with The h.wood Group describing it as a\u00a0\u201cstart-to-finish \u2018white glove\u2019 game day experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMembership to HIPP is by invite only (reps note it\u2019s \u201ccurrently at capacity\u201d), and though it doesn\u2019t include tickets to the basketball games, members get access to a private entrance with valet parking, along with unlimited concessions, and access to all clubs throughout Rocket Arena. HIPP also promises \u201cspecial gifts and exclusive events\u201d throughout the season, beyond the game days themselves. Opened last month, HIPP has already played host to a number of high-profile athletes and celebrities, though mum is the official word of course, as befitting the elite crowd.<\/p>\n

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\n\tKnown for being a pioneer in the L.A. dining and entertainment scene<\/a>, this is The h.wood Group\u2019s first foray into Cleveland. The group says \u201cHIPP\u00a0provides a\u00a0nod to the\u00a0grandeur and lavish interiors of one of the world\u2019s greatest playhouses and reimagines what a central gathering place and cultural hub looks like today courtside, blending world class sport, entertainment and design.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe isn\u2019t The h.wood Group\u2019s first foray into the sporting arena though: the hospitality and lifestyle brand is known for its parties during events like the Super Bowl<\/a>, and it brought its famed Hollywood nightclub Bootsy Bellows to L.A.\u2019s SoFi Stadium in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading to the arena to watch an NBA game this season just got a lot more luxurious, thanks…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":391115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,12979,1589,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-391114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-noads","12":"tag-phoenix","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115579376264968634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}