The Haunted Hotel At The Ned Nomad Produced And Hosted By Richie Akiva And The Box returned this weekend in New York City at the exclusive hotel and members club. On their First Night, October 27th, rapper G-Eazy celebrated Halloween with friends at the all out scary affair, featuring the most awarded tequila in history, Cierto Tequila. The party continued on October 28th, with models, actors and influencers filling the haunted hallways and dancefloor. Notable guests joining Richie Akiva and The Box’ Giza Selimi for the Halloween festivities included rapper Maino, Ice Spice, Evan Mock, UFC Fighter Dillon Danis, Fish Money, Luca Bella Facinelli, Lexi Wood, lil Durk, Taras Romanov, Al3x Crush, Ivy Getty, Victoria Dumana, Imaan Hammam, Ava Rudawsky, Izzy Metz, Bella Banos, Michelle Connelly, Kailyn Shepherd, CT Hedden, Hannah Grant, Eleonora Srugo, Daniela De Jesus Cosio, Isadora Amorim, Liv Constance, Pia Host, Mariah Castro, Jessica Whitehead, Maxwell Osborne, Kim Dammer, Vincenzo Dimino, Yuna Pash, Stevie Guttman, Katy Chertok, Kornelia Ski, Lameka Fox, Meredith Duxbery, Jaclyn Breen, Sergio Farias, Megha Bajaj, Kristina Niko, Nicole Papadogiannis, Chloe and Gia Vizzone,Emmalynne Walpole, Cat Warrian, Samantha Kroontje, comedian Mike Young, comedian Chanel Omari, music artist Sam Woolf, Summer Mcbride, Francesca Smurfit, Audrey Jongens, Kaitlin Reagan, Amelia Ortiz, Helen O’Gara, Scarlett Lee, Marina Nery, Camila da Silva Aguiar, Jordan Bunker, Victoria DeBlauss, Mia Hanumic, Cin Santana, Joe, April Vinzani, Michela Vybohova, Kayla McKay, Alex Zimmerman, Irene Bueso, Gabriella Nalani, Harper Rhimes, Noelle Auora, Alioune Badara Fall, and many more.
DJ performers included Michael Simpson, Mel DeBarge, DJ Truth, DJ Soni withanEYE, Luka Mrvic, DJ Dwells, DJ Angel Star, Roman Chappelle, DJ Luz, with late-night guest pop ins by Al3x Crush and DJ Reign, rotating throughout the two night multi-room affair.
The Ned NoMad celebrated Halloween this year yet again with a takeover with The Box on October 27th and 28th, 2023, as The Haunted Hotel hosted by Richie Akiva. The elaborate conversion of the hotel was designed by Richie Akiva in collaboration with Outside The Box Amusements, who will bring their incredible skill to transform The Ned NoMad into an eerie, frightening and barely recognizable haunted world. The 2023 setting features scenes inspired by classic horror films with extravagant themed immersive experiences scaring guests at every turn from a devil-led Poker game to an orgasm room, zombie bellhops and much more. The Haunted Hotel consumed all areas of The Ned NoMad, the recently opened hotel and membership club located in the historic NoMad district, from The Magic Room to The Library to Little Ned Bar and every hallway and nook in between, including the enter second floor of hotel rooms. The party kicked off on the 27th for members followed by a second VIP filled evening on the 28th, where guests enjoyed flowing libations from Cierto Tequila and engaging music to keep partygoers on the dancefloor all evening long for an epic Halloween celebration with a massive lineup of in-demand DJs and incredible artistic performers.
The evenings were hosted and produced by The Ned’s Richie Akiva with The Box featuring production by The Box’s experiential production company, Outside The Box Amusements, a creative foundry of bespoke hospitality, world-class entertainment and innovative design. The collaboration marked the second consecutive year with 2023 featuring an intricately designed immersive experience for partygoers unlike any other.
Cierto Tequila was featured at the fete– The authentic, 100% natural, luxury, additive-free tequila made in Jalisco, Mexico. Cierto means “True,” the perfect word to describe this remarkable award-winning family of tequilas – patiently crafted expressions of pure Highlands agave, harvested by fourth and fifth generation agaveros at peak maturity.
