We don’t have any kind of scientific analysis on this, but our gut tells us there might be a few parties worth popping into on New Year’s Eve in Vegas. Here are the last, best opportunities to explore your refined brand of depravity on the Strip this year.
You’ll get your first look at two new kids on the block for New Year’s. Start at 1 OAK on the Eve: it comes bearing the gift of Fergie. Then on January 1, you’ll keep the momentum going with DJ Paul van Dyk at Hyde Lounge. Who mixes a killer “Auld Lang Syne.”
The last night of 2011: anything less than four clubs would be ridiculous. So you’ll roam five venues at the Palms, where you and your band of merry revelers will dance to Paul Oakenfold, bounce to John Legend and... practice your human Auto-Tune to T-Pain.
You’re a strong believer in saving the best for last. Which is why your final meal of 2011 will consist of five courses of David Myers specialties like poached French Kiss oysters, marinated yellowfin with osetra and slow-braised beef cheek. No one likes rapidly braised beef cheek.
Nothing says New Year’s Eve like the existential thump of Swedish house music. It’s like Vegas’s answer to the ball drop. So you’ll pull up a poolside table at the Wynn for bottle service and beats by Steve Angello from Swedish House Mafia. Who, coincidentally, is the Dick Clark of Swedish house.
Regarding your New Year’s resolution to meet more Kardashians: it’s never, ever too late. What we’re saying is: show up to the Tao/Lavo party on the big night, have some hors d’oeuvres and a cocktail or two, close your eyes, open them and there Kim will be.
