Las Vegas

Rok Vegas

Even in Vegas, life's about balance -- maybe you'll eat your weight in buffet shrimp, but you'll also appreciate the thoughtfulness of your pillow mint. For a nightclub with that same focus, hit Rok Vegas.

A Tommy Lee venture stashed in the New York, New York casino, Rok's a neon-pulsating indoor/outdoor rocker's den that balances balls-out multi-sensory overload with the sort of practical amenities that can put a smile even on the most practical-amenity-obsessed of faces. On the balls side's a central dance floor concentrically ringed with reservable tables, VIP booths, and a unique-to-the-club mindblowing 360-degree video screen synced to mashup DJ/VJ; outside, the street-level patio sports its own DJ and is close enough to the Strip that you could almost get a DUI. As for thoughtful touches, unisex bathrooms mean futile attempts at conversation won't have to be broken off just to pee; meanwhile, booths come with lady-friendly dance platforms (to keep the wild ones from disappearing into the throng), mechanically chilled sunken drink holders, and banquette seating with stowaway compartments, so ladies can hide their purses, and you can hide from Stormtroopers.

Rok's also the first club in town to offer half-bottle service, because balance can come down to the exact volumetric compromise between stupidly getting a bottle, and cravenly not.

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