Nightclubs

Rain Las Vegas Details

• Hours of operation:
  Open Friday and Saturday, 11 p.m. to early morning.
• Cover price:
  • All Access Pass for Males (Friday and Saturday): $60, includes admission to Playboy Club, Moon Nightclub, Rain and Ghostbar.
  • All Access Pass for Females (Friday and Saturday): $40, includes admission to Playboy Club, Moon Nightclub, Rain Nightclub and Ghostbar.
  • Rain Hosted Bar: $90, includes admission to Rain and Hosted Bar Featuring Ketel One Vodka, Don Julio Tequila, Champagne, Red Bull, and Fiji Water from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tax and Gratuity Included.
  • All Access Wristband plus Rain Hosted Bar: $145, includes admission to Rain, Playboy Club, Moon and Ghostbar plus Hosted Bar at Rain Featuring Ketel One Vodka, Don Julio Tequila, Champagne, Red Bull, and Fiji Water from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tax and Gratuity Included.
  • VIP All Access Wristband: (Friday/Saturday) $60 - Includes VIP express admission to Playboy Club, Moon Nightclub, Rain Nightclub and Ghostbar. Claim wristband at will call next to AMP Salon from Noon-2am.
• Payment information:
  All major credit cards are accepted.
• Location:
  Inside the Palms Casino Resort.
• Music:
  Hip-hop, dance, old-school, rock and house.
• Resident DJs:
  DJ M!KEATTACK, Mark Stylz
• Clientele/Age Group:
  21 and older.
• Attire:
  Stylish. No tennis shoes, cutoffs, T-shirts or baseball hats. No shorts or tanks tops. No baggy or torn jeans, no flip-flops for men.
• Occupancy:
  1800.
• Parking:
  Self parking and valet both available at the Palms Casino Resort.
• Reservations:
  Reservations highly recommended and based on availability. Reservations will start being booked one month in advance.
• Seating:
  Rain can accommodate private events with up to 1,500 guests. Private rooms are available, with bottle minimums. Tables are available and prices vary depending on number of people.
• Handicapped accessible:
  Yes.
• ATM:
  ATM available inside the Palms Casino Resort.
• Special events:
  • Friday: "Clash," with international special guest DJs.
  • Saturday: "Rain Saturdays".
  • Feb. 3: Football pre-game party hosted by Miller Lite Girls.
  • Feb. 4: Richard Durand with Zen Freeman and Mark Stylz
  • Feb.10: DJ Scene and Mark Stylz
  • Feb. 11: Zen Freeman and Jon Pegnato
  • Feb. 17: Alie Layus and Melo D
  • Feb. 24: Kelis
  • Feb. 25: Soul In The Machine with Zen Freeman and Mark Stylz
  • Mar. 3: Bassnectar
  • Mar. 9: Taboo
  • Mar. 10: Ian Carey
  • Mar. 16: Yelawolf
  • Mar. 17: Riva Starr with Kevin Brown and Zen Freeman
  • Mar. 31: Simon Patterson

Rain Las Vegas Review

When Rain Nightclub poured itself into the heart of Vegas' nightlife scene in late 2001, it was filling a relatively empty vessel. Sure, there were clubs, there were places to dance, but the city was coming off the heels of an ill-advised attempt to be overtly kid-friendly and it was time to get back to what Sin City was best at -- sin.

With the help of a Las Vegas season of MTV's "The Real World," The Palms and, subsequently, Rain, was caught up in a typhoon-sized wave of hype, fun and debauchery. But was (or is) that pace sustainable?

Rain, if it could talk, would probably say, "Yes." Or it would let out a whoop and pull a crazy dance move, in the nightclub equivalent of a positive response.

Today, almost 10 years after the heavens parted and Rain fell down on Sin City, everyone's still enjoying the metaphorical weather inside The Palms.

The club's design was markedly impressive when it opened and it still remains one of the just genuinely neat-looking venues in town. Rain is laid out almost like a gladiator arena. There's a center area with the dance floor and tiered rings of seating (tables and booths and bars) going up in near-circles around it. Though some of the levels don't go all the way around and some start and stop in sections, the general gist is there.

Bars are scattered throughout the tiers, with one located conveniently immediately to your right when you enter the club (through a crazy-looking mirrored light tunnel thing). If you go with bottle service for your thirst-quenching needs, Rain's options run all over the board, or all over the club. There are private cabanas, water booths and skyboxes, in addition to the traditional tables, and they all seem to fill up most nights.

The lighting system in the club is almost entrancing and when the rig in the center starts shooting out fire over the crowds (huge, billowing flame clouds, really), there are generally a few dropped jaws -- and, occasionally, a dropped drink. It's that cool.

It used to be that people would hope and wish for nice weather on vacation, but in Vegas, for the last several years, people have been praying for Rain.

-- Review by Jamie Helmick