A Night at the Roxbury, Err, Marquee

Where: 3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], 89109

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We're always open to new experiences and when we were invited to a party where we could check out Marquee at The Cosmopolitan the other night for Party Rock Monday with Red Foo of LMFAO, we emphatically said yes! After all, we would be rolling VIP style for the night. That's right we skipped the ginormous lines (there were at least three lines of 1,000 people each or at least it looked that way), had our own table and booth next to the dance floor and were offered countless bottles of vodka.

We're not strangers to clubs, but we don't make them a regular stop when we go out. Once we skipped past the lines, we found ourselves at a table near the front of the club, a row behind the main dance floor. This was a great location as we were close to a bar, close to the dance floor and had relatively easy access to the restroom.

It was only 10:30 p.m. when we arrived, but the dance floor was packed. We can't imagine how anyone could move, let alone dance, but they did. As the tables surrounding the main dance floor filled, people just stood on the benches and danced. Everyone was having a great time and the energy was massive. When Red Foo hit the DJ stage, the place went crazy. The confetti during the first song was like putting lighter fluid on a fire.

Red Foo didn't play any original music and played many songs we heard earlier that night. While his DJ set wasn't very special, he still kept the crowd moving. Red Foo DJ'ing was akin to seeing a rock cover band covering songs in a jukebox that were playing before the band went on. Having said that, it was a lot of fun and the place was eating it up.

Exploring the club, we found the smallish boom box room which wasn't very exciting to us. However, journeying a little deeper, we ended up outside where the dayclub resides in the summer and found that to be awesome. There were heat lamps every few steps so nobody would be cold and the fresh open air was awesome. (Have we said that already? Well, it really was. Sure, there was less energy than being inside but we could still enjoy the music and breathe a little easier outside.)

All in all, we had a great time at Marquee, but would only return if we set up something special like we had the other night. We don't do lines so being able to zip past them and have a table of our own are a must for us.

We can't imagine being "normal people" at Marquee. The vibe at Marquee is much more intense than the last club we visited, XS. XS is a beautiful club, but for the people that go out to dance, we can't imagine there being a contest between the two. At XS we felt as if we could just hang out at the bar and drink if that's all we wanted to do. At Marquee, we were inspired to do two things -- dance and drink.

(Full disclosure: Our evening was courtesy of Red Carpet VIP, but our opinions are our own.)

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Is that "The Library" or another space somewhere in the main part of Marquee itself?

I can't imagine how long it takes to queue those lines in. If they ever get in.

It's inside Marquee but it was so crowded I didn't get to explore the whole joint. I only left the VIP area to explore when I needed to relieve myself. lol.

Those lines are always huge and they have so many of them. 1 for paying customers, 1 for VIP, 1 for Guest List. These dudes are the real VIP's...cut em all! BOOM! Haha.

The Library has a fireplace and pool table and isn't in the Main Room. Both the Boombox room and the Library play different music than the main room and you can't see the main room from either.

Thanks for clarifying. I was always aware of the Library being a separate experience but don't recall stumbling across the additional boombox room before; good to know they're not the same.

Boombox and Library wouldn't quite go together in theory anyway I guess.

I don't see you as a Boom Box room guy. :)

And, there you are wrong. Although, maybe you need to go to Hyde to find this.

@ECG: Agreed, I'd wander toward the Library which is why I questioned if my impression of it was wrong.

@Becca: Bopping down the street propping an iPod up on a shoulder with one hand just isn't the same. Sad.

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