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This Las Vegas Hotel Pool Is Transforming Into a French Riviera-inspired, Champagne-filled Pop-up This Summer

This Las Vegas Hotel Pool Is Transforming Into a French Riviera-inspired, Champagne-filled Pop-up This Summer

As temperatures heat up in Las Vegas, one hotel is offering guests a way to cool off in style. The Fontainebleau, Las Vegas' recently opened 67-story luxury behemoth (and an It List 2024 pick), has unveiled the pop-up Sun Club, just in time for sunbathing season.
Located on the hotel's third-floor pool deck, the Sun Club has taken over the adults-only Legacy Pool. This quieter, more secluded area is sectioned off from the rest of the six-acre pool deck and is ideal for special occasions or for those who simply want to kick back by the pool with a glass of bubbly.
Speaking of bubbles: the Sun Club marks an exclusive partnership between Fontainebleau and Veuve Clicquot, the historic French champagne house. While this is the first pop-up of its kind in the U.S., previous Sun Clubs have made appearances at Europe's most popular resort destinations like Ibiza, Mykonos, Saint-Tropez, and Capri. Hotels like the Well Beach Club Vale do Lobo in Portugal, Roc Seven Biarritz in France, and Pesce Terrazza Forte dei Marmi in Italy have all welcomed the brand's iconic yellow-and-white striped umbrellas. And now, it's Vegas's turn.
The Sun Club fits right into Vegas' buzzy summer pool scene, where guests take poolside lounging quite seriously. From staking out daybeds to keeping hydrated (a must in the intense desert heat), there's certainly an art to pool life in Vegas. Now, the Sun Club is making sure travelers stay classy as they sip and sun.
The pop-up's distinct, summery look is the work of French design studio Marcel Poulain, who is also responsible for Sun Club's other iterations in Rome and Forte dei Marmi, Italy. With colorful umbrellas and candy-striped lifebuoys that double as ice buckets, the Sun Club is a full visual immersion into the brand's newest cuvées, Rich and Rich Rosé, alongside classics like Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label and Veuve Clicquot Rosé (available by the glass or bottle). The crisp, sparkling wines come ice cold, and can be sipped either in the privacy of your daybed or cabana, or at the Legacy Pool's intimate 10-seat bar—so, in other words, come thirsty!
An exclusive pairing menu has items like La Côte Caesar Salad, a grilled chicken club sandwich, and a tropical fruit plate, which you can order straight to your cabana. In the mood for something more substantial? The hotel's open-air, French Riviera-inspired restaurant, La Côte, is just steps away.
The Sun Club will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will offer the Legacy Pool's full lineup of daybeds and cabanas, tucked amidst swaying palms and green hedges. If you end up renting a cabana, be sure to clear your schedule—once you're settled in with your glass of champagne, you won't want to do much else the rest of the day.
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