Just how big was Shaq’s 50th birthday party? Well, it seems the festivities took over and shut down one of the hottest restaurant hot spots in Miami, the Prime 112 club on South Beach. As of this writing, it’s the Monday after the party. Here at the offices of the ShaqFu Radio blog, we’re wondering if partygoers are still sleeping off the wild night.
In case you missed it – and how could you? – Shaquille O’Neal turned the big 5-0 on Sunday, March 6th. As we’ve already posted here on the blog, Shaq gifted himself an amazing new ride for himself, a brand-new, nicely modified Dodge Charger Hellcat edition. (See our previous post for more info.)
The weekend party was at Prime 112 in South Beach, a super-popular and well-known restaurant and steakhouse. (And somewhere we’d like to visit!). So of course the food was plentiful and awesome. In addition, there were Shaq-themed decorations, videos, and plenty of star guests.
In fact, at one point during the festivities, a huge video tribute was played on a big screen … showing a bunch of nice / funny / heartfelt messages from celebs, musicians and athletes. That included the likes of Kevin Hart, Steph Curry, Ludacris, Charles Barkley and others, all offering birthday best wishes to the NBA legend.
Thanks to our friends at TMZ Sports for the video. Click here to see the full video.
In addition, there was a cool display of all the Sports Illustrated covers Shaq has been on over the years — plus so many more tributes and props for the former Lakers and Miami Heat star.
Again, thanks to TMZ Sports for the video. Click here to see the full video.
Insiders say the big bash started around 7 PM and went past midnight … and it culminated with Shaq blowing out candles on a big, custom case provided by his friends at Pepsi. Yes, a Pepsi-themed cake! (Wonder what the flavor was?)
It all wrapped up with Shaq getting on the mic for a few moments to thank his friends and family, before he eventually called it a night.
There’s no word if there were more gifts for the big man. What do you get the guy who has everything? And as we said, Shaq had already taken delivery of the gift he gave himself, that awesome new car.
So all in all, a great week for our man Shaq. Happy Birthday … and many more to come!