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NIGHTLIFE: THE CLUB & MUSIC SCENE Frommer
Club Rio

This is one of the hottest nightspots in Vegas as of this writing, but apparently made so by people who don't mind long lines, restrictive dress codes, attitudinal door people, hefty cover charges, and bland dance music. Waits can be interminable and admittance denied thanks to the wrong footwear or shirt. The dress code (no sneakers, and shirts must have a collar) is supposed to make the clientele look more sophisticated than grungy; the effect is the opposite, as most of the men end up in combinations of chinos and button-down shirts. Of course, it's so dark you can't tell if someone is wearing sneakers.

Once inside, you find a large, circular room, with a spacious dance floor taking up much of the space. Giant video screens line the upper parts of the walls, showing anything from shots of the action down below to catwalk footage. Comfy circular booths fill out the next couple of concentric circles; these seem mostly reserved, and when empty, they leave the impression that the place isn't very full -- so why the wait? Music on a recent visit included a Madonna medley and the perennial "Celebration," not the most au courant of tunes. The total effect is of a grown-up, not terribly drunken, frat and sorority mixer. The club opens at 11:30pm on Wednesday and 10:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and stays open until about 4am each of these nights.

3700 W. Flamingo Rd.Phone: 702/252-7777.Advertised cover $10 for men, local women free, out-of-state women $5 (but frequently when we went by on a weekend night, the cover was $20 for everyone).


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