XS Nightclub launches their NIGHT-TIME pool party every Sunday night! Open 10pm till 4am (Poolside)

It’s 1am (June 1, 2009) as I walk in the doors to XS at the Encore resort as my long time friend Kalani let’s my girlfriend and I in. Expecting to see people dancing in the nightclub, I was shocked to see not one person. They seem to have completely shut down the Sunday night (nightclub) and moved it outside to the pool area. Interested to see if people actually are in bathing suits at 1am, Kalani walks us outside and introduces us to the new innovative “night time” pool party at XS. Grabbing a drink from the bar at this point usually crosses my mind, but I’m more interested in seeing how many people are in the water and who is in bathing suits and board shorts, (besides myself).

Now, don’t get me wrong, this was a pretty chill vibe and people seemed to be having a good time AROUND the pool, but I was hoping to see more than 3 people actually swimming. On a normal night when XS nightclub is open, people are partying inside AND outside near the pool. This wasn’t much different other than no one was inside and everyone was partying outside by the pool.

What can I say, the people were beautiful, but I wonder if they realized they were at a “pool party.” White outfits were worn by the staff, cocktail waitresses were a little less revealing, but nothing to really make me feel like this was a night time pool party other than the party being near the water/pool. As I am walking around to get a glimpse of what else I may find, I see a jacuzzi with a fair amount of people in it all wearing….Well, you guessed it, “bathing suits and board shorts.” Now we’re talking. Now I’m starting to see somewhat of a pool party at night, but the area with the jacuzzi is in the back and semi private I would say.

In the gazeebo centered in the middle of the pool holds the larger bar where cocktails are served and blackjack tables filter in card players for minimum bets of nothing less than $25 or $50 a hand I believe it was. I wasn’t to observant on the tables as my eye was more focused on where the bikini’s and board shorts were at. The cabanas topside on the second level seemed to be filled and people were hovering the balcony (people watching) while sipping their cocktails.

I’d have to say that overall, this “night time” pool party was a 6 out of 10. Let’s quickly go over this rating system and explain why the hyped up night time pool party is given a 6 out of 10 on our site.

1. Not many people in pool attire. This is a pool party, right?

2. The bigger/main pool may have had no more than 4 people swimming in it. (I would have liked to see more people in the water to really give it that POOL PARTY atmosphere.)

3. The setting and vibe was more of a cocktail party around a pool. 

In conclusion, I would love to see more board shorts, people in the pool, bikinis etc… Something that really sets this off as a POOL PARTY. 

XS nightclub is one of the top nightclubs in Vegas and I hope that not only our feedback and many others that attend this party not only last night, but in the future have some type of influence on the small changes it may need for the Sunday night pool party to be a perfect 10.

 Below are a few amateur photos I was able to capture from my blackberry. Please excuse the quality.

-Joe Vargas