Country music may replace hip hop music at one SeaTac entertainment avenue after Club Monte Carlo closed down at the beginning of August.

The Monte Carlo's lease was terminated Aug. 2, according to SeaTac economic development director Jeff Robinson.

The nightclub at 15222 International Boulevard, across from the Tukwila light-rail station, generated numerous noise, traffic and crime complaints from nearby apartment owners and residents in Riverton Heights.

Robinson said police also had been called to break up altercations in the parking lot on some weekends after the club's closing time.

Monte Carlo originally featured Latino bands from along the west coast, according to Robinson. He said the format was fairly successful but the managers switched formats, Robinson noted.

He said the owners also wanted out of the lease so a termination was negotiated.

The club was located at the site of the former Funsters Casino.

The city bought the SeaTac Center, which contains the nightclub site, for $12 million. SeaTac officials hope to make the development a centerpiece of their South 154th Street light-rail station planning area.

The city's next tenant for the former Funsters/ Monte Carlo site is expected to be Stoney's Rockin' Country club and restaurant. It would be an all-ages venue until late evenings, according to Robinson, who also serves as SeaTac's interim assistant city manager.

Stoney's has two sites in Las Vegas. Stoney's Rockin Country is located south of the Las Vegas strip at 9151 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
The Las Vegas Sun newspaper said Stoney's is "the best place to experience a rockin' country party in Las Vegas."

Stoney's North Forty bar is located at 5990 Centennial Center Blvd. in Las Vegas.

SeaTac lawmakers were set to authorize lease negotiations with Stoney's at their Aug. 10 meeting. But the item was pulled from the agenda in order for SeaTac staffers to do more "due diligence" work, Robinson said.

Council members are expected to consider the measure at their next meeting on Sept. 14.