When Light Group announced that its nightclub inside Aria was going to be called Haze, there were more than a few funny looks thrown in the general direction of CityCenter.

"Haze? What does that even mean," people said.

"I don't get it," a lot more people said.

But somehow, Light Group created a place that lives up perfectly to the name Haze.

The club -- which is massive, the 25,000 square-foot kind of massive -- is vaguely dream-like or it's vaguely whatever it's called when it's 3 in the morning and you've haven't had too much to drink, but you've had some and you're just feeling really good. What would that be called? Oh yes, a haze.

In a decor that's all metallic, blacks, reds and gold, it doesn't exactly seem like reality inside Haze's walls, but that's sort of the point, right?

There's a towering light and projection wall in the back that uses technology straight out of some sci-fi movie only your nerd friends saw (you saw it, too, we know). Giant silver rig-like contraptions hang above the dance floor and can be brought down several feet and rotated to make the club feel like it's alive, or at the very least, moving.

The club's second/top level is lined with catwalk-esque railings that allow for you to see everything and everyone to see you. It's on this second floor on the back side (in front of that giant light wall) that Haze pulls out the big guns with top notch talent and performances.

There are three bars and 60 tables and we can't drive home enough just how fluid the whole thing feels. Even in a back bar area, off to the side of the main floor, there's a place to catch your breath, but not miss Estelle rocking it on the mike or your best friend running game on some bottle service patron.

The club also keeps things fresh by rotating "themes" every month. In conjunction with the theme, performers and other entertainment are placed throughout the club, including in a (for lack of a better term) voyeur room, where a glass wall gives people walking by a glimpse at a scene that mirrors the theme.

The sound system is unrivaled and the DJ booth is given its due right in the center of the club -- a visible monument to everything going on around it. And it really is controlling everything, all the fancy technological contraptions, the music, all of it.

In front of the DJ booth is the dance floor and it's definitely large enough for you to do something embarrassing, so watch out.

(Or just tell your friends they didn't actually see you do The Worm -- after all, memories are going to be a little hazy after the night ends anyway.)

-- Review by Jamie Helmick