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As is often the case in Las Vegas, the rumors were true. The Palms is
building a 100,000-square-foot, multi-level dayclub and nightclub with
a massive glass wall-operable door dividing indoor and outdoor spaces,
a DJ booth that rotates 360 degrees, a supplemental dome cover that
will make it a year-round destination and a 65-foot bronze sculpture
of a headless demon.
It’s going to be KAOS.
Set to open in April, the club and amphitheater-style complex is the
last big piece of the resort’s $690 million update by Station
Casinos, which acquired the 17-year-old off-Strip hotel and casino in
2016. “The opening of KAOS will be the culminating moment for the
repositioning of Palms’ renovation,” general manager Jon Gray said
in a statement. “We’ve assembled an incredible team of operators,
attracted the biggest names across a variety of genres of music and
designed a next-level space that will change the club landscape across
the globe.”
KAOS takes over spaces previously occupied by the Palms pool and the
Rain nightclub. The dayclub is designed by Friedmutter Group LV while
the nightclub is designed by the Rockwell Group. As reported
Wednesday, the first round of exclusive artist residencies at the new
venue includes English electronic music trio Above & Beyond, hip-hop
chart-topper Cardi B, Oakland rapper G-Eazy, longtime Vegas club
mainstay, DJ and producer Kaskade, and performing for the first time
here in two years, Grammy-winning producer and DJ Skrillex.
Imagine attending a Las Vegas pool party in the shadow of British
artist Damien Hirst’s eerie, six-story sculpture “Demon with
Bowl.” You look around to see layers of private cabanas—39 of them
across multiple levels—with sparkling glass pools jutting out over
and around the crowd, people dancing and splashing inside them. This
could happen at KAOS’ “luxe Greek-inspired oasis” dayclub, as
most of its cabanas will feature cantilevered glass pools. Besides the
rotating DJ booth that sits at the center of the indoor and outdoor
areas, the pool club portion also features an additional stage and
live entertainment performance space and “the city’s largest LED
wall” on the eastern side of the hotel’s Ivory Tower, streaming
live shots of the club for Vegas visitors outside the resort to enjoy.
Pool party season in Las Vegas currently begins in March and runs into
October, but dayclub business has grown so lucrative in recent years
that several venues have experimented with offseason programming, most
notably Marquee’s “dayclub dome” that has added a roof to the
Cosmopolitan club for several weeks during winter months. KAOS will be
the first Vegas megaclub to be built as a year-round venue. Its
nightclub space, according to today’s announcement, “takes
inspiration from a modern playhouse, with art and architecture working
hand in hand to create a surreal, ever-shifting experience.”
The Palms has also woven technology in the KAOS logo, “the
first-ever audio-powered living brand logo” designed to capture the
sonic energy created by the club. The “O” in the club’s name is
based on 12 audio variable inputs that use voice and music to create
its shape, color and motion. KAOS’ first five resident artists are
the first to debut this new technology, created by AKQA Portland, with
their own unique sound-generated icons being unveiled across social
media today, and you can create your own version of the KAOS “O”
via an interactive platform on the website at palms.com/kaos.
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