Drais Nightclub

Drai’s Nightclub was the after-dark half of the rooftop venue on top of what was then The Cromwell, eleven storeys above the Strip. Victor Drai opened it in May 2014 as one venue with Drai’s Beach Club — 65,000 square feet over two floors, the dayclub on the deck and the nightclub on the same deck after dark.

It ran on live performance rather than DJ residencies, which made it unusual among the Strip’s big rooms, and it booked hip hop and R&B where its neighbours booked EDM.

The rooftop closed in 2025. Drai’s did not shut down: it moved back to the basement space it had held since 1997, where it runs as Drai’s After Hours, Thursday to Sunday from one in the morning until six. The property is now The Vanderpump Hotel, rebranded by Caesars in June 2026.

Anything on this site describing a rooftop Drai’s is historical.