Las Vegas pool parties are so chic, they actually have dress codes — no tank tops allowed, guys. Seriously. And leave the baseball hats and sports jerseys at home, too.
Even if you are swim-dressed to impress, you still might not get in.
Like the city’s exclusive nightlife venues, the hottest pool parties on the Strip are for the sexy and the big spenders.
Judgment? Well, it’s allowed.
After all, not every average Joe off the Strip gets a ticket to a paradise of champagne showers.
Encore Beach Club at Wynn
The 55,000-square-foot European-style venue has three levels of pools, daybeds, and cabanas — and eight 350-square-foot bungalows with infinity dipping pools, showers, and your own sound system.
There’s a pavilion of blackjack and craps tables, shower poles for cooling off, and oversized floating lily pads in the pool for sunbathing or dancing. If you order a champagne shower, servers come in a mini-boat and spray themselves and you with up to $10,000 worth of champagne before topping you off with more bubbly.
Marquee Day Club at the Cosmopolitan
The party inside this 22,000-square-foot multilevel mega-complex gets so wild on the weekends that you’ll want to crowd-surf in the packed pool before the sun goes down. With two pools, multiple bars, and a gambling area, there’s plenty to do as you wait for DJs like Kaskade to get everyone jumping.
Lining the perimeter are grand cabanas, which separate themselves from the masses with infinity, glass-dipping pools, and, on the hotel side, bungalows where you can stay for the weekend.
This summer, high rollers can rejoice with the new drone-delivery alcohol service: For a prebooked minimum of $20,000 per order, the mini flying machine can carry up to 12 pounds (perfect for a bottle of Grey Goose) and climb to over 100 feet high.
Drai’s Beach Club at the Cromwell
On the main level, there are two elevated pools with wet decks and imported palm trees, 40 daybeds, and 10 VIP bungalows and cabanas, each with its own pool. One level up, 15 cabanas and a private pool with five VIP bungalows overlook the party until sunset.
And as if the exclusive surroundings weren’t red-hot enough, there’s a menu of firework displays for purchase. At a minimum of $9,000, you can detonate the sparklers yourself and set Sin City on fire.
TAO Beach at the Venetian
If you need a break from the revelry, you can kick off your flip-flops and catch some ZZZs in an air-conditioned cabana with Wi-Fi for movies, surfing, and video playing. With the VIP service, you’ll have personal body misters, sunglasses wipers, and masseuses at your service.
Azure Pool at Palazzo
Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay
If flying multicolored beach balls block your view, check out the two new VIP pools that popped up this summer to cater to the north and southwest cabanas inside the 50,000-square-foot venue.
There are 70 daybeds and 25 cabanas and bungalows, but with the impressive sound system, state-of-the-art lighting, and six LED screens that border the stage, there’s really not a bad view in the place.
A champagne shower is also a menu option here: For a whopping $10,000, you’ll be “drenched” with a 3-liter bottle of Perrier-Jouët Rosé, two bottles of Veuve Clicquot, and 10 bottles of basic bubbly. Umbrellas are included, hand-delivered by the staff.