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| - Tiesto? Friday night on July 4 weekend?
Our friend said, "I got us on the guest list."
I said, "Did you tell them there's one guy? And I'm not going to have to wait in the main line am I?"
Our friend messages the promoter again and he says, "Sure, not a problem but for guys it is the standard $100 cover to get in."
The girls were shocked. $100? Really? I had to tell them, yeah, it sucks to be a guy, but that's a typical rate for a guy trying to get into a club on a weekend that has a big name DJ. I don't mind (I'm not one that complains about things when the going rate is the going rate). Pre-sale tickets for guys are always $60-$100 vs. being only $30-$50 for girls for all of these clubs with EDM DJs.
So lucky me, getting to be the hot dog between three female buns. We arrived in the guest list line at 10:30 and it took us just 40 minutes to get to the front of that (it's Friday, it's packed). Mainly parties of girls in the guest line with a couple of guys here and there.
We get to the iPad check-in girls and they find our name. 3 girls, 1 guy. Then the girl looks confused and goes to ask the other check-in girl something. Then she comes back to us with a ticket marked... 3 girls check in the "C" box. 1 guy check in the "C" box. We get to the cashier. She takes our ticket. The bouncer near the cashier is really chill, we are just talking and joking with him while waiting to go through the last ropes. ALL OF US ARE IN FOR FREE!
You go upstairs. Ladies with heels, there are a lot of them! Level 3 is hip hop. It's a rectangular floor with bars at each end. Service was fast at both sides. Drinks are about $15-$18 each. Playing old school and newer hip-hop, I liked this room the best for dancing. The dance floor was packed, but there was still room to dance.
Level 4 is where the EDM DJ of the night holds court. It's huge. There are go go girls walking, posing, dancing on elevated areas on the edges. They are costumed and look like a cross between a Paris fashion show/ Cirque Du Soleil/Gothy Jean Paul Gaultier.
To get to the main dance floor you have to walk down. There are tables/booths set up in arena seating style and then a sunken pit/dance floor. It's live down there but not that fun because you're mashed chest to chest/butt to butt with whoever's next to you. You're wondering how you can dance in no space and then 40 seconds later somebody walks by and wants to pass through.
It's huge, there are lots of booths, the dance floor is big, but the configuration isn't optimal. If you buy a table facing the dance floor, you get a table with a view, but it's so detached and elevated that you don't really feel like you are in the middle of the action. It's like sitting in a suite at basketball or hockey game. You're at the game, but you're not really with the crowd. If I pay for a table, I want some exclusivity, but I also want people to pass by and have the feeling that I can leave my table, take two steps, and be dancing, whether in an aisle or on the main floor. I didn't get that feeling here.
There are even more tables farther back away from the main arena area (the Pavilion). These tables are hurtin'. You can't even see the dance floor from most of those table. If I sprung $1000-$1500 for one of these lesser tables, I would feel really cheated. There's no bar by them, people can't really dance in the aisles. You have limited or no view of the DJ. Chicks are not going to want to come up to a table that far away.
I kept on reading about this impressive waterfall in all the publication reviews. I had to see it, because it sounded like water was flowing from massive rocks down and through. It took me forever to find it because it was in the corner and... it's lame. It's a tall dark stone slab that has water coming straight down. Ever walked into a friends' house foyer and see a slim seven foot high flat stone water structure that you can buy and plug in? It's like that, just way larger. So overrated.
The best "hidden" spot to get a drink, sit and relax without having to get a VIP table is the Ling Ling Lounge, which is off to the side but on the same floor as the Ling Ling (Hip-Hop) Club. The Ling Ling Lounge is surprisingly empty, but you can sit in chairs or lounge pieces and chill out. It has a brown/red tint to the room, so if you see that you know you're in the right place.
***Quick & Dirty Summary***
Top rate DJ lineup... Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, etc. Massive, impressive club that should be checked out for it's sheer grandiose and design. The bartenders and staff were all nice and efficient. Drinks are normal Vegas club pricey. The regular line to get in is super long. If you are guest listed, get in line by 10:45, as they might stop letting people in at 11:15-11:30. I really don't like how the EDM floor is set up. I just wish there was room to dance here.
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