| rev:text
| - Ah the Light. It definitely wins the distinction of being the flashiest and most intricate club I've seen on the Vegas strip but does style win over substance?
With a pre-paid ticket (was around $30 for the night), the line/security weren't too bad. Look for the venue past the buffet near the bigger restaurant area (believe it's near the parking garage as well). Coat check was $5 as well near the entrance on the left side.
Come into the club and you're first greeted with a cage and a seat inside. Look to the left and you'll see the pretty comparatively large dance area. It's a nice-looking dance floor that doesn't have tables intruding too far into it like other dance clubs along with being flanked by a main bar in the back and smaller bars (seemingly closed off) on the side. There also is a balcony area that is seemingly reserved for staff.
The coolest part of the club is the presentation. Behind the DJ and all around him are beautiful screens that protrude light effects, images and smart design. When you're on the dance floor and looking up, it seems like all the images and lights are flowing through you. How awesome if this extended to the floor (Although seemingly pricey and hard to manage I'm sure). This alone makes the club pretty visually better than most others but mixed with this are the Cirque performers who come out about every hour or so to either do some acts around the dance floor (or even above) or even behind the dance floor when the screens go transparent. It's a really cool effect. There seems to be some sort of lore going on with a weird giant king/throne and his angels but perhaps that's for the hardcore fans.
My problem with the club came mostly in the music and the crowd. The music was 'okay' the night I went. It was unfortunate as it put a damper to some of the cool visuals. Also, the crowd was undoubtedly older this night - not sure if the audience is like this every night the club is open but I thought it was interesting at the ratio of people over 40 to people under 40 - at least from a casual glance. An additional weird side effect is the Cirque acts themselves. As cool as they were, they really did distract from the DJ, the sets and the dance as people would stop to look around. Definitely a matter of taste/preference but at least personally, I wouldn't be sad to see the acts decrease or stop, especially with the main DJ. Of course, drink prices in clubs are ridiculous so be wary. Nothing new.
The Light Vegas is a cool venue spot, especially if you're looking for something to do more than drink and dance. However, the crowd that we came in with was a bit more on the older side and the music that night was simply okay. We'll have to see on another trip if these observations still hold up but at least for now, the Light is a cool little club venue.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)