Intrigued and driven by new ventures, in 2000 Huntington combined his love of martial arts, (he trains in both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muy Thai), with his experience as a Promoter and Producer. He moved to Las Vegas and became a Co-Founder of the World Fighting Alliance a mixed martial arts cage-fighting event. This event was soon voted the #3 show in the world by a leading mixed martial arts magazine and was hosted by the Hard Rock Casino Hotel and Aladdin Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. The show has since been sold to the UFC. John has since partnered with Chuck Liddell, the former UFC light heavyweight champion of the world, to Produce after parties following all UFC events. And in association with Chuck Liddel's company MMAJacked.com, The Huntington signature MMA shirt will be coming out Nov 20th. MMAJacked.com check it out.

Huntington continued to prove his visionary instincts with the opening of the world’s first tattoo shop in casino history. Hart and Huntington Tattoo Company, a venture with his partner, Extreme Sports Motocross Athlete, Carey Hart, opened in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grand opening featured Good Charlotte and Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys, with celebrities from Eminem and Mark Wahlberg to Anna Kournikova and the band members of Korn in attendance. Huntington co-created, executive produced and starred in the TV reality show “Inked”, which aired on A & E, and covered the daily drama of his life and the design, build-out and opening of the tattoo shop. Both the shop and the party were a phenomenal success, as was the pilot of “Inked”, John has since sold majority interests of the shop,( to free up his time to chase his many other business interests), to Carey Hart yet Hart and Huntington Tattoo Co. has now expanded to Cabo San Lucas Mexico, Hawaii and Florida. And the clothing brand, Hart and Huntington Tattoo Company, is now being distributed by Fox Motocross to over five thousand stores around the world.

Huntington, who is represented by United Talent Agency and John Moonves, is currently working on a new tv show on a major network that will follow him through the drama of his life and many different business interests. And is hosting parties and events across the country through his agent Michele Levy and at large

Huntington will expand on his success as a nightclub consultant and designer. His first project, the 22,000 square foot Rubber the Club on the Las Vegas strip, opened February 2005 to rave reviews; with Rubber’s Kiera lounge being named the number 3 lounge in Vegas by Vegas magazine.The club has since been torn down to make way for the new MGM project, The City Center. His next venture is a new 17,000 square foot strip club in Las Vegas, on which he will serve as consultant and designer. John has since joined forces with Motley Crue front man Vince Neil. Together they are building three rock and roll based clubs called Dr. Feelgoods. One in Palm Beach, Florda. One on the boarwalk of Atlantic City in a major casino, and finally one in a major casino on the Las Vegas strip. All to be completed in the next couple years. John is also starting raise capital to build his sushi brand Huntington's Rockin Wasabi's across the country. With his flagship American sushi restaurant under way in Mission Valley, San Diego.

John is currently touring his John Huntington's one night stands across the country. This touring groove lounge is a place for John to do shows with his many celebrity friends, djs and musicians. Keep a lookout, you may catch a huge act in a small club. Look for it coming to a town near you. He has also signed exclusive deals at the Ivy Hotel in San Diego, California, and the W hotel, in Dallas, Texas to produce their nightlife events.

In 2003, Huntington helped design, build and open a sushi restaurant and nightclub in Jaco, Costa Rica where he lives half the year. This venture he created for himself. It is his sanctuary, which is there for two reasons only: “So I can surf and find peace”. Huntington is now underway on his second sushi restaurant, KOI, in Costa Rica. This is a higher end restaurant for the changing demands of Jaco, with the addition of multiple high rise condo complexes being added in the mix in the last couple years. John’s ultimate goal is to create a resort hotel on a white sandy beach somewhere in Costa Rica. John Huntington has been called a visionary and if history is any indication, his sense of adventure combined with his ambition will continue to bring fresh and unexpected turns to add to this legacy. To keep up with what will be next for the ever changing and ever growing Huntington Empire, visit johnhuntington.com.

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John Huntington is best known as the “country’s premier nightclub promoter”, but at heart, he is a surfer, a nature and adventure lover. He has a vivid imagination and a keen mind for business with his uncanny ability to predict the “next big thing”. It is this combination that has led him from his home in Huntington Beach, California to the international frontlines of the nightclub and restaurant industry. Huntington began his journey after he quit college and moved to Big Bear Mountain to work as a ski instructor/ski patrolman. “College just wasn’t for me,” says Huntington, ”I was sitting in music appreciation 101 while the world was passing me by”. After three winters in the mountains and three summers as a lifeguard, John knew it was time to make his move. He wanted a profitable career in which he could travel the world.

He set his career in motion by enrolling in a national Bartending School. At completion he immediately began working in a variety of fast paced Southern California bars and nightclubs. After a lucrative six years, Huntington craved his initial desire: travel. He approached world renowned Club Med Resorts, who interviewed and hired him the next day. This two-year assignment as the general manager of Club Med nightclubs and bars in the Bahamas, Florida and Mexico greatly expanded his knowledge of the industry. Once he’d absorbed all there was to learn from the Club Med experience, Huntington decided to move on a hunch to his next challenge: Amsterdam, where the nightclub/bar industry was steps ahead of anything happening in the US. In his characteristic manner, Huntington quickly assimilated and adapted to the different styles of European nightclubbing. After a year and a half he returned home to Huntington Beach with a new appreciation for European electronic, house and trance music, which at that time was still fairly unknown in the US market. The idea to bring the energy and style that was so popular in Europe to the ’21 and over’ crowd here in The States would bring forth one of America’s most well known and branded nightclub empires ever. John Huntington enlisted the help of Damian Sanders and together Club Rubber was created. The explosion was exponential.

John Huntington has since become one of the top national Nightclub Promoters. Since 1996 he has thrown the top six largest 21 and over parties in the history of the United States. In Las Vegas, Huntington has sold out the 10,000 seat Mandalay Bay Arena four times in one year and the 10,000 seat Orleans Arena twice. Both the Pimp ‘n Ho and Summer of Love parties were featured on the television show Wild on E!, locking down the number three spot on E!’s “Wildest Parties” edition. (Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro and Mardi Gras in New Orleans hold the first two spots). He has worked with the top DJ’s in the world, including Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Judge Jules and Tall Paul, to name only a few. Huntington has promoted concerts with acts from Blink 182 to The Untouchables to Common Sense to Pennywise in his creation of the Levi’s Mammoth Mountain Concert Series. (The news series highlighting his work on the Concert Series was nominated in 1997 for a prized Emmy Award) He has dominated the Southern California Club Market with sold out events from the San Diego Sports Arena to the Key Club in Los Angeles, not to mention the eleven consecutive years of Club Rubber events in Orange County, the number one nightclub on the West Coast.

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Club Rubber and Pimp ‘n Ho aren’t just big parties. They’ve also become one of the most successful and recognizable brands in the nightclub industry. Rubber has spawned an empire for Huntington , including a merchandising arm that offers Club Rubber CDs, DVDs and T-shirts. Huntington has taken the success further with his traveling club, One Night Stand (seen locally at Ghostbar and Curve), a tattoo parlor at the Palms, and TV appearances (Rubber is a favorite of the E!’s Wild On series). Now, he’s set his sights on Costa Rica, opening a sushi restaurant called Tsunami and a nightclub called Nacho Daddy.

Las Vegas Weekly,

John Huntington is an imposing figure. Tall, muscular and covered in tattoos, at first glance he doesn’t seem very approachable. But nothing is further from the truth. Warm, funny, and intelligent, it’s easy to understand how he became such a successful promoter.

Us magazine

John Huntington and Damien Sanders of Club Rubber have long lit up Vegas and the rest of the country with the hottest parties this side of Hell.

Las Vegas Weekly,

Its a pimp’s life these days from cable television to a nightclub near you……In Las Vegas, that image can pay big bucks. Promoter John Huntington made a fortune and a name for himself as the entrepreneur behind the hugely successful Pimp ‘n Ho Costume Ball.

Las Vegas Review Journal,

This A&E SPECIAL PRESENTATION: INKED follows John Huntington, the parlor's owner, and his staff of eccentric tattoo artists while treating viewers to the intimate stories of those who’ve made the fateful decision to mark themselves forever… And what about the celebrity factor? Demi Moore and Paris Hilton have already scheduled their sittings at John Huntington's shop. Huntington himself isn't without drama in his own life – much of it represented by the numerous tattoos covering his arms – and he doesn’t hesitate to reveal the many sides of his colorful personality: club promoter, business owner, partygoer,

A & E Entertainment

It's Rubber Time This past weekend also the official opening of another Las Vegas nightclub as John Huntington and Damian Sander's Club Rubber took over its new permanent home at Seven. The opening weekend saw lots of action as Superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold rocked the packed house Saturday night and Rock n' Roll legend Vince Neil celebrated his birthday party Sunday night (by the way, the new Red, White and Cru album might be their best work yet, buy the CD, you will love it!). Huntington might just be the best independent party promoter in the world and if history is any indication than look no further than his Club Rubber and Pimp and Ho parties as proof.

Las Vegas Food & Beverage Magazine



HIP-HOPPING WITH HUNTINGTON I checked out John Huntington’s new One Night Stand, a weekly upscale hip-hop event, at the Ghost Bar atop the Palms. Huntington is by far the biggest names in the club game, having brought in Club Rubber and the world-famous Pimp N’ Ho Halloween balls. Huntington’s One Night Stand happens every Tuesday night. And it may just be the best hip-hop night that I’ve been to.

Las Vegas Weekly

Celebrities Get Inked at the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company Inside the Palms Casino Resort The First Tattoo Parlor to Open Inside a Las Vegas Casino Brings Celebrities and Buzz PRNewswire/ -- Celebrities who have been to the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company, located inside the Palms Casino Resort, either to get inked or to check out the shop include Eminem, Mark Wahlberg, Anna Kournikova, Tony Hawk, Jaime Pressly, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Dennis Rodman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Shockey, Taryn Manning, Melissa Joan Hart, the members of Good Charlotte, Fieldy Arvizu (Korn), Jonathan Davis (Korn), John Salley ("Best Damn Sports Show Period"), Robin Leach and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman. The shop opened on February 23, 2004.

The masterminds behind the venture with Palms Casino Resort Owner George Maloof are freestyle motocross legend Carey Hart and the country's premier nightclub promoter John Huntington. Carey Hart is an Extreme Sports Motocross Athlete, and John Huntington is a nightclub promoter whose credits include producing four of the largest parties in America such as Club Rubber and the Pimp 'n Ho Costume Ball.

Lovetripper.com,
,br John Huntington is a genius when you think about it. Anyone of us could have thought to put together partys with themes like Rubber’s Summer of Love, Ghetto Fabulous, Flashback Christmas and the motha, Pimp-n-Ho….Bugsy Segal thought he had a plan when he came up with the concept for Las Vegas and the Flamingo Hotel, but even he could not envision how John Huntington and Spiritworld Productions would completely take over. Now, Spiritworld has stepped the venues up a notch, hosting parties at places such as the Ghostbar at Palms, Las Vegas. Huntington is even set to open up the first tattoo shop in the Casino industry history at The Palms, along with hot shot motocross babe, Carey Hart.