NEW TOP VEGAS HOT SPOT FOR 2010

Rehab vs. Encore Beach Club

Rehab: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas

Encore: Encore Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd., South 

The summer pool party scene is shaping up to be the biggest story of the Las Vegas entertainment scene for 2010.  Rehab has dominated the daytime wet party world since its introduction with Sunday events that have people lined up in their beach shorts and bikinis hours before the doors open and where securing a cabana means dropping a couple thousand bucks.  In Las Vegas, success breeds competition and Steve Wynn is no stranger to spending big to win big.  Encore Beach Club and Surrender Nightclub are scheduled to open over Memorial Day weekend.  Coming in around 60,000 square feet, the project is said to include about 50,000 square feet for the three-pool Beach Club complex, with 30 private VIP cabanas plus outdoor gaming, around 4,000 square feet for Surrender Nightclub, and another 6,000-8,000 square feet of multiple, climate-controlled decks between the two.  Neighboring Switch restaurant will also be drawn into the fold for the now-traditional Vegas ensemble of pool, restaurant and club.  The Encore Beach Club deck is expected to remain operational up to 10 months out of the year, thanks to the climate-controlled patios, so nighttime pool parties are a possibility as well. The nightclub is currently slated to open three to four nights a week for starters. Total budget? Well over $70 million reportedly and possibly up to $100 million when all is said and done. 

Skin Pool Lounge

Palms Hotel and Casino

When the sun goes down, a lot of outdoor pools put away the lounge chairs and fold up the umbrellas. Not the Skin Pool Lounge at the Palms. When night falls on Tuesdays at the hippest casino hotel in Vegas, the beautiful bodies go skinny dipping…with the management's enthusiastic approval. From May to October, Skinny Dip is the Palms' Skin Pool transformed into an outdoor nightclub complete with a concert stage, elevated Plexiglas dance platforms over the pool, mermaids, and aqua go-go girls rising out of the lavender-colored water. Dance under the stars, jump on trampolines, swing on swings, snag a massage, and then dip your dogs in relaxation pools. For the full ride, rent a private cabana with a few friends and enjoy your own television, refrigerator, and VIP service from the scantily clad staff.