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Hard Rock pool parties: Rehab Sundays & Relax Mondays
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4455 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Tel. (702) 693-5000
Was there life before Rehab? I'm really not convinced. It's hard to remember what Vegas' beautiful night-life elite did on scorching Sunday afternoons before the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino dropped this bit of genius on us in 2004. I certainly don't think they were going to church.
Still, prayers have been answered, and Rehab is counting down to the opening of its fourth season on April 29, ushering in the summer as well as the Vegas pool-party scene, which, like the nightclub scene, is all Vegas, all the time.
For the uninitiated, the pool parties are the Vegas version of spring break -- but they last much longer. It's as though someone peeled the roof off a nightclub, retired the disco ball in favor of the sun and moon and added billowing canopies, cool water, cocktails and chucked the dress code.
As the creme de la creme, Rehab, hidden behind the Hard Rock's mid-rise, is a tropical isle complete with lagoon, sandy beach, swaying palms, grotto bar, swim-up gaming, hot tub and even a short water slide. From the island in the middle of the lagoon, one can soak up rays, tunes, conversation and rum-y drinks without moving so much as a tanned toe.
Forty thatch-roofed cabanas dot the landscape, offering chaise longues, a personal refrigerator and respite from the punishing desert sun.
wherever it appears.