A few days ago we wrote a piece about the opening of the Sapphire Gentleman's Club pool (and "dayclub"). From the photo taken during the grand opening, right, it looks like a success, at least thus far. The opening had some 700 people in attendance.

So let's hear from a writer at Las Vegas Weekly on how his visit went...

"Nightclubs and strip clubs are miles apart, but dayclubs and strip club dayclubs, I’ve learned, are pretty similar. If I blindfolded you and drove you to Sapphire Pool & Dayclub, you’d think we were checking out a new boutique pool party at Rumor or Trump.

First and foremost, this is not a topless pool. Not the dancers; not the guests. If you want a lap dance, you can go inside, but the girls don’t pressure you into getting dances—that’s not the main objective here. The dancers hang out poolside because they get a discounted house fee come nighttime; that’s the amount the girls have to pay Sapphire to work. That means the girls are more relaxed, more themselves."

The writer mentions a bunch of nice touches Sapphire has thrown in which LowLifes will appreciate such as cabanas featuring A/C, misters, DirecTV, refrigerators stocked with three types of coconut water (regular, mango and pineapple) and mango-scented towels along with four showers and a swimsuit dryer, too.

Then again, they have to add the extra amenities as the author says: "All the other pool clubs are connected to hotels, so they have built-in customer bases who just have to throw on their flip-flops and walk outside. Sapphire has to make the trip worth your while."

From the article, it sounds like they do make it worth your while. If you want to know more, including drink and food options, read the LV Weekly column.

Oh, and if making it worth your while means mingling with infamous party monster Charlie Sheen then that's exactly what the dayclub is doing. Charlie will be appearing at Sapphire Saturday, May 25th and will, don't ya know, bring 4 or 5 hot babes back to LowLife headquarters for yet another crazy and memorable party.

For years and years and years we have been bemoaning Vegas' lack of a world class stadium, arena and/or ball park. Well, actually not a ball park because we are looking at it for more of a multi-use facility so we can attract major events like college football bowl games and also so we can hang onto things we already have like the NFR and the Rugby Sevens.

Now, don't get me wrong--I like the Thomas & Mack although part of it is sentimental, I suppose. I attended T&M's opening ceremony with that well-known bitch Diana Ross (hey, that's what everyone says), Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra and that was pretty cool even though the sound sucked (and, while better, is still pretty bad to this day). And it remains one of the better college basketball facilities around.

But T& M isn't top-of-the-line anymore. Remember when we had the riots NBA All-Star game here? The NBA said they wouldn't be back because the facility wasn't NBA quality. Now, we may not want the All-Star game back but a town like ours oughta have an NBA quality arena if only to say Nah, nah, nah! to the NBA and then bring in an NCAA regional finals game, instead.

There has been talk, lots of talk, about this stadium project and that arena project yet nothing has ever been done.

Until now.

We are finally going to have a world class structure built in Las Vegas...although not near the Strip...and not an arena or an indoor stadium but a ballpark...and not a major league ballpark but a minor league one. ~sigh~

Yes, Las Vegas will be right up there with Buffalo, Davenport, IA, and Pawtucket, RI.

Finally.

I know, I know, when I said "world class" you were thinking of some of the finer stadiums and arenas in the world like the one Jerry Jones has in Dallas. Or, maybe, like the Staples Center in L.A. or the O2 in London. Like you, I used to think Las Vegas was a top-flight location designed to hold world class events--with all these frickin' hotel rooms and all--but I guess the level we're at now is competing against the Buffalo Bison, the Quad City River Bandits or the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Out in Summerlin.

Oh, I forgot to add that. The ballpark will, if these guys get their way, will be located on that patch of land south of Red Rock Resort so it won't see a lot of tourists

~sigh~ (again)

I know it sounds like I might be bitching about this AAA baseball field and all but I'm really not. Actually, I think it's kind of cool. Cashman Ghetto Complex, where the local minor league team plays, is the pits and the area surrounding it is even worse. I've been there many times over the years for ball games and concerts and touring Broadway shows and gun shows but it really is time to put it out of its misery.

I'm glad--I swear I am--some rich dudes bought the 51's (the name of the team--maybe they'll change it back to the Stars like it used to be) and intend to build the club an entire entertainment district complete with bars and restaurants and shops and whatnot just off of I-215 and Sahara. It'll be like a mini-Coors Field in Denver where you can go and get tanked up prior to the game, walk to the ballpark for some decent baseball action (or not decent--what does it matter?) and get re-tanked-up in the district afterwards. We love that concept mostly because we like the "tanked-up" part.

So I'm not bagging on the whole concept. Not at all. It's just that it rubs salt into the open wounds so many of us have who have been pining for a big league* facility for what used to be a big league town.

~sigh~ (yet again)

Note: When I say "big league" I don't mean attracting major league sports franchise to Las Vegas. In fact, I don't even want one here as I don't think it'll do all that well--there's just too much else to do. But I would like to see a stadium/arena of major league quality. Think of the events we could attract here. Events that are on par with the rest of the big league infrastructure this town offers.

While it might be cool and overcast of late, that doesn't stop those Las Vegas resort pools from opening and getting the sun fun started. Here's a listing of the Vegas swimming holes and what they offer (i.e. parties, topless tanning, nude, non-hotel guests, etc.). Sapphire Gentleman's Club built a pool next to their strip club and that will open soon.

According to a website called TravelAgentCentral.com, these are the 7 best Vegas pool parties.

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A quick link to all of those kind of parties, including @ the Party Houses...