The Las Vegas Pool Guide That Will Make You Book a Flight Today

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Las Vegas pool season is officially, aggressively, early — and if you needed a sign to book something, record-breaking March temperatures are it. We’re talking pool weather before the rest of the country has even retired its puffer coat, which is honestly on-brand for a city that operates entirely outside the laws of reason.

So. Where are you going?

The splashiest (sorry) new offering is the Resorts World Pool Deck, which just reopened after a multimillion-dollar refresh of its 5.5-acre complex — seven distinct pools, upgraded cabanas with draped privacy panels and misting fans, and the Athena Infinity Pool, which at 1,800 square feet and with Strip views, is the kind of thing you photograph and immediately make your lock screen. The GO Pool at Flamingo is back for its second season and comes loaded with a 30-seat swim-up bar and five pools across nearly 1.5 acres, which — yes, we’re doing that.

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For the off-Strip crowd, Durango’s Bel-Aire Backyard is heading into its third season and honestly feels like the most considered pool experience in the city right now. Live DJs run Saturday through Monday, there’s an Aloha Fridays series returning in May, and the Poolside Concert Series — presented with AEG — is stacked. Scotty McCreery, J Boog, Thievery Corporation. It’s genuinely diverse programming for a venue that doesn’t have to try that hard based on vibes alone.

The legacy options remain the legacy options: Bellagio’s five pools and four whirlpools in that Italian courtyard setting where you can order a poolside facial and feel absolutely unhinged about it (complimentary). The Cosmopolitan’s Boulevard Pool. Garden of the Gods at Caesars. You know the greatest hits.

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On the dayclub front — because yes, Las Vegas dayclubs are their own taxonomy now — Marquee Dayclub at the Cosmopolitan has a revamped rooftop with a new stage and sound system and is already open, going seven days a week starting March 25. Kassi Beach Club at Virgin Hotels returns March 27 with its Mediterranean coastal-Italian-inspired vibe and full poolside menu, which is giving dinner party at a very attractive stranger’s house. And OMNIA Dayclub at Caesars is incoming for this season — 46,000 square feet, two pools, top-tier DJ bookings — and is already positioned as the kind of thing people will absolutely be insufferable about attending.

The genuinely thrilling new arrival: Tailgate Beach Club at Mandalay Bay, debuting May 16 with Snoop Dogg, of course. It’s the first sports-centric dayclub on the Strip, 125 feet of LED screens, heated pools. Is it absurd? Yes. Is Snoop Dogg the correct opening-night artist for a venue called Tailgate Beach Club? Somehow, absolutely.

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Mandalay Bay Beach is also open for the season, which is worth noting if you have children or simply enjoy 2,700 tons of sand and a wave pool that can produce six-foot waves. The same resort will also have two major venues operating simultaneously this summer, which is either genius venue management or a logistical fever dream, probably both.

The season, in short, is here — and Las Vegas, as ever, is not doing it quietly.