A portion of Downtown’s boutique Thunderbird Hotel became something new over the Labor Day holiday weekend, when a combination restaurant, drag brunch show, gaming lounge, and gay nightclub made its September 1 debut. But all of that is only the first phase of the plans to eventually turn the property into an LGBTQ+ resort, and there’s another gay resort setting up for a fall opening in the Downtown area. Queen Las Vegas bills itself as the first LGBTQ+ property on the Strip, but its Las Vegas Boulevard location at the retro-styled Thunderbird technically sits between the Strip and Downtown’s Fremont Street area. Q Group Hospitality is renovating 28 of the hotel’s 100 rooms, with plans to make them available this fall under the Queen banner. Q Group founder Eduardo Cordova is a local gay nightlife fixture who opened the popular Arts District bar the Garden in 2020 and hosts and promotes the Strip’s leading gay pool party, Temptation Sundays at Luxor. Working in phases, he launched the full-scale nightclub with bottle service, DJs, and new LED lighting over Labor Day weekend. The Bent Inn is scheduled to open in October as the first adults-only, LGBTQ+-focused, gay-owned resort in Las Vegas. It will have 33 rooms, a large courtyard with a pool and oversized hot tub, and a gastropub on the property. And it will cater to visitors looking for a different and very welcoming experience. #Travel