Gene Simmons Kisses Nevada Mansion Goodbye

KISS rocker Gene Simmons has sold his Las Vegas area home and an adjacent lot for $11 million, just $200,000 more than he paid for the two properties not quite two years ago.

The 73-year-old rock-and-roll royal shelled out $8.2 million for the three-level home and another $2.6 million for an adjacent half-acre lot that together span just under an acre. Built in 2016, the ultra-modern mansion measures 10,871 square feet with an 11-car garage, a lower-level entertainment area complete with theater room, and an infinity-edge pool. There are head-on views of the neon lights of The Strip from most rooms and Simmons planted more than 130 trees on the vacant parcel that transformed it into an almost entirely shaded private park and walking path.

Simmons made a big stink about leaving California and moving to Nevada back in 2021 but he lived in the vicinity of Sin City less than six months before he embarked on a KISS world tour that was completed last year. He previously told TMZ, who first reported the sale, that he loved the house, and all the tax benefits Nevada offers but that his family did not care for the excessive desert heat (or the “strippers downs the street”) and that’s why he decided to sell.

He first listed the home and lot next door in the fall of 2021 at a combined price of almost $15 million. The price dropped steadily and at one point Simmons touted he would accept cryptocurrency. Sometime last year, house and lot were separated into their own listings; records show the house was last priced at $10 million and the park-like parcel at $1.8 million.

Simmons was represented by Evangelina Duke-Petroni with IS Luxury in Las Vegas, who sold the home (and the vacant lot) to Simmons in 2021. Simmons made a lot of improvements to the property, particularly to the vacant parcel, and hence won’t profit from the sale, Duke-Petroni said. The buyer’s agent was Christopher Logan with Realty One Group.

In the same exclusive gated development where Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis is building his unique home, people enter the former Simmons mansion via a dramatic floating pathway over a sculptural koi pond. “Highlighted by glass walls and soaring geometrical spaces, the transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces are blurred by disappearing glass walls throughout,” according to marketing material. “The disappearing glass walls throughout the property further blend the indoor space with the outdoor landscape. Inside the home, natural stone, wood accents, and unfinished concrete are paired together to create a sensory experience with dramatic linear artistry.”

The home has 3,963 square feet on the first floor and 3,882 on the second floor, along with a finished basement of 3,026 square feet and basement garage of 2,284 square feet. An elevator services all floors. A huge saltwater fish tank takes up most of the space behind the bar in one of the entertainment lounges, while the second-floor primary suite suspends over part of the yard and feels like you’re floating above the desert and city lights.

“I’m very happy my client found a buyer who appreciates the property,” Duke-Petroni said. “He appreciates the privacy and exclusivity of the property. That was a big selling point for them.”

It’s not known if Simmons plans to buy another home in the Las Vegas area in order to take advantage of the tax benefits but he and wife Shannon Tweed long ago moved back to California where they plunked down $10.5 million for a big contemporary home in Beverly Hills.