Wrexham stars ‘trapped in lift’ during wild promotion party laid on by Ryan Reynolds

Wrexham are currently toasting a third successive promotion in Las Vegas courtesy of their famous co-owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney – and they’ve been celebrating hard

Wrexham’s boozed up promotion-winners were left stranded in a lift for around an hour during their latest party in Las Vegas, it has been claimed.

The Dragons, who are owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, sealed a third successive promotion to the Championship last month by clinching second place in League One. And as has become customary following promotion, Reynolds and McElhenney rewarded their boys by laying on a trip to Sin City.

Wrexham’s squad flew out to the United States on Thursday via a private jet and, according to The Sun, kicked off their celebrations with a pool party.

But things took a turn for the worse when some members of the travelling party got over excited in a life – and were forced to hang around after a load of jumping around led to the lift stopping outright.

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A source said of the antics: “After leaving there, the players went back to the Bellagio Hotel to get ready before heading to Hakkasan Nightclub. They’d been drinking all day and were a bit over-excited when they got in the lift to go up to the entrance of the club on the fourth floor.

“They started messing around by jumping up and down. Next thing they knew, the lift came to an abrupt stop and would no longer move.

“They ended up having a sobering hour-long wait for firefighters to help get them out.”

Wrexham’s end of season jolly to Las Vegas has become a tradition under Reynolds and McElhenney, who have seen the club rise from the National League to the Championship in the last three years after back-to-back-to-back promotions.

Paul Mullin confirmed to GQ back in May 2023 that Reynolds and McElhenney foot the entire bill for their trips, saying: “It became a thing where if we won the league, we’d get a holiday. So we’re off to Vegas.

“Ryan and Rob told us to leave our cards at home, they’re sorting the lot. They sent us a full itinerary just now.”

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