nightclubs





	Baby's Hard Rock Hotel 4455 Paradise Rd. Tel:702.693.5000 The newest and coolest place to be on a weekend night, straight from L.A., this quasi-underground club caters to those young cool people that know their $@%* don't stink! They don't mess around here! It's everything L.A., gals, guys, drinks, cover! $10-20; THURS-SAT; Hip-Hop, House, and Techno. C2K The Venetian 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.414.1000 - Toll Free: 888.283.6423 We'll see how this high-tech, high energy new edition to the club and live venue arena performs under the pressure of the other clubs and venues in town. The club boasts VIP rooms, cigar and O2 Bar, sky boxes, plasma monitors, and video cubes. Cover $10-20; SAT & SUN. Curve Aladdin 3660 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.785.5525 Newest Club and almost too elegant to be classified as a night club Bottle service is available and is the latest trend in night life. House, Hip Hop, Latin, Progressive Dance. Cover. $20; FRI-SAT. Club Rio Rio Suite 3700 W Flamingo Tel: 702.252.7727 Longest running club in town to date, Club Rio features a huge smoke-filled and laser-beamed dance floor, video walls, pop dance tunes, and plenty of sweating bodies. You'll often run into a TV star or professional athlete. Have the ladies buy the drinks--men have to pay more both at the bar and the door. Strict dress code enforced. Cover. Drai's After Hours Barbary Coast 3595 Las Vegas Blvd South Tel: 702.737.0555 Starting at 3am this gourmet restaurant becomes a fashionable place to chill and knock your knees to progressive house and trance after a few hours at one of the other more suitable places to dance in Vegas. The dance floor here is small, and the wait to get in is extraordinarily long. $10 Cover and up depending on the crowd. Flex 4371 W. Charleston Ave. Tel:702.385.3539 Go-Go Boys. Need we say anything else?! Okay, "Pure Flex Appeal" Gipsy 4605 Paradise Rd Tel: 702.731.5171 One of the more popular alternative spots. Primarily a gay club, but everyone is welcome. Not for the faint of heart or the closed-minded. Gilley's The Frontier 3120 Las Vegas Blvd South Tel: 702.794.8200 Mechanical bull, Line Dance lessons for singles and couples. This is the place for country here folks! HOB Mandalay Bay Hotel 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Tel:702.632.7777 After 11pm, this music venue transforms into what some say could be home to sub-let central. The venue rents the space out to "production" companies that may or may not live up to their reputation. They offer up pop nights, techno nights, and glo-stick nights. Light Bellagio Las Vegas 3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Tel:702.693.8300 This elegant club touts itself with exclusivity. Need we say more? THURS-SUN. 10:30pm $20. Ra Luxor 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.262.4400 Self proclaiming themselves as the "Hottest Club in Town", Ra arrives complete with a state-of-the-art light and sound system, cage dancing contests, a strict dress code, and a sushi bar courtesy of Hamada of Japan. Cover. $10-20; WED-SAT. Rain The Palms Hotel Flamingo Road Tel:702.893.3388 Lines, Lines and more lines. We're not sure what all the fuss is about, but it seems to be the place where all the young beauties convene. Sky Boxes for the perfect view. Cover. Rumjungle Mandalay Bay Hotel 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Tel:702.632.7777 This club complete with waterfalling walls is just one of the attractions that make this club unique, next to the many human attractions. However, always a miss at this club due to the longest line in town or the lack thereof . The crowd stays for about 2 hours, then heads over to the Dragon or HOB. It's like clockwork. $10-20. Risque Paris Las Vegas 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.967.4729 Maybe more of a lounge than a club, but these days that differential is becoming ever so fuzzy. 2 rooms featuring varying degrees of house music, private balconies overlooking the strip and the Bellagio Fountains, Bottle Service tables, and a dessert bar all line the walls of the newest club in Las Vegas. Cover. $10-20; WED-SUN. Studio 54 MGM Grand 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.891.7052 Named after the former controversial New York City hotspot that saw its heydey in the late 70's and early 80's. The similarity ends there--this place caters to the hotel guest baby-boomers between 10pm and 12am and the DJ spins contemporary dance and pop mixes. After midnight the music changes along with the younger more hip crowd of mostly tourists except on Tuesdays where it's Eden night—err local night. Strict dress code with a very discriminating door staff. If you can get in, the rest of the staff is friendly except for a couple Prima Dona bartenders who seemed to have watched the movie "Studio 54" one too many times. Cover. $10-20; TUES-SAT. The Beach Paradise Rd Tel: 702.731.1925 Plenty of visitors pack this fun, ocean-inspired club. Dancing bartenders and wait staff show plenty of flesh. Drinks are $4.50 and up, Cover. The Hop 1650 E Tropicana Tel: 702.310.5060 The only nightclub in town where the single boomers can get back in the dating game. It's an early crowd, and you'll miss the action if you arrive after 10:30pm. On the weekends it's after hours here with deep house and techno starting at 4am. Cover. $10-20. Utopia 3765 Las Vegas Blvd. South Tel: 702.593.5935 One of Vegas' first attempts at an urban-style nightclub, this recently renovated Strip location houses three different rooms alternating between industrial, acid jazz, techno, rave, house, and tribal. Also features a steady supply of out-of-town, high-profile DJs to mix it up. Cover. $20; WED-SAT. Copyright 1996-2003 net.insights. All rights reserved.