Happy New Year - for rich fans only!

BEIRUT: Although many of the famous clubs urged partygoers to book in advance, even raising prices as December 31 approached, there are still tickets available for the famed decadent Lebanese extravaganzas. For those eager to ring in the New Year in the vicinity of a bonafide celebrity, and unimpressed by the hefty $1,005 ticket, there’s the Eau De Vie restaurant in the Phoenicia Intercontinental