The newest entry in Sin City is Fontainebleau, an offshoot of the famous Miami hotel. While it will have the usual top-notch amenities that make Vegas desirable—spa, gambling, gorgeous rooms, cool restaurants—Fontainebleau will introduce one thing that Vegas does not have.
“There will be a membership club on the top floor,” says Jeffrey Soffer who heads up Fontainebleau in Vegas and Miami. Its name—the Poodle Room—harks to a spot at the Miami Fontainebleau where Frank Sinatra hung out in the ’50s. Soffer enthuses that the Las Vegas incarnation “will overlook the city and be for members, VIP guests [i.e., big gamblers] and people staying in certain room products. The space is around 20,000 square feet, highly decorated and the nicest lounge in Las Vegas. There’ll be a cigar room in there and it will be totally unique to Vegas.” At the foot of the Vegas Strip,
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