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12/28/11
The Big Twelve
Your Guide to NYE on the Strip
We don’t have any kind of scientific analysis on this, but our gut tells us there might be a few parties worth popping into on New Year’s Eve in Vegas. Here are the last, best opportunities to explore your refined brand of depravity on the Strip this year.
OPENING ACTS
Hyde Lounge and 1 OAK Grand Openings
You’ll get your first look at two new kids on the block for New Year’s. Start at 1 OAK on the Eve: it
comes bearing the gift of Fergie. Then on January 1, you’ll keep the momentum going with DJ Paul van Dyk
at Hyde Lounge. Who mixes a killer “Auld Lang Syne.”
- 411:
- Dec 31, $200, 1 OAK at the Mirage, 702-791-7111, tickets here; Jan 1, 10pm, Hyde Lounge at the Bellagio, 702-693-7111
RAISING THE BAR
All Access at the Palms
The last night of 2011: anything less than four clubs would be ridiculous. So you’ll roam five venues at
the Palms, where you and your band of merry revelers will dance to Paul Oakenfold, bounce to John Legend
and... practice your human Auto-Tune to T-Pain.
- 411:
- Dec 31, 10pm-1am, $400-$513, VIP All Access at the Palms, tickets here
IN DUE COURSE
Five Courses at the Cosmopolitan
You’re a strong believer in saving the best for last. Which is why your final meal of 2011 will consist of
five courses of David Myers specialties like poached French Kiss oysters, marinated yellowfin with osetra
and slow-braised beef cheek. No one likes rapidly braised beef cheek.
- 411:
- Dec 31, 5-7pm or 8pm-midnight, $125 or $195, Comme Ça at The Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7910
FOR THE WYNN
Poolside Tables and Swedish House
Nothing says New Year’s Eve like the existential thump of Swedish house music. It’s like Vegas’s
answer to the ball drop. So you’ll pull up a poolside table at the Wynn for bottle service and beats by
Steve Angello from Swedish House Mafia. Who, coincidentally, is the Dick Clark of Swedish house.
- 411:
- Dec 31, 9:30pm-4am, starting at $150, XS NYE 2012 at the Wynn, tickets here
HOT LAVO
A Joint Party at Tao and Lavo
Regarding your New Year’s resolution to meet more Kardashians: it’s never, ever too late. What
we’re saying is: show up to the Tao/Lavo party on the big night, have some hors d’oeuvres and a cocktail
or two, close your eyes, open them and there Kim will be.
- 411:
- Dec 31, 9pm-4am, $200, Tao at The Venetian and Lavo at The Palazzo, tickets here
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