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City Guide

Las Vegas

Beyond the Strip lies a city with soul. We've mapped the venues where taste, privacy, and cultural intelligence converge — the rooms where founders, operators, and EAs build trust without trying.

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Where to Stay

The power bases.
Not the hype machines.

Strip hotels built for execution, not Instagram. These are where boards meet, deals close, and nothing slips.

The Cosmopolitan

Where Strip glamour meets actual taste.

The only Strip hotel where the F&B actually matters. Home to E by José Andrés (8-seat chef's counter that books months out), The Reliquary PDR, and enough cultural credibility to host without apology. Proximity to everything, but removed enough to think.

The Venetian

Reliable execution meets private poker rooms.

Massive convention infrastructure, rock-solid service, and Bazaar Meat's private poker room downstairs. Not cutting-edge, but dependable when reputation is on the line. Perfect for groups that need scale with control.

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Including off-Strip boutiques, Arts District hideaways, and critical intel on which celebrity-chef venues actually deliver under pressure.

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Where to Dine

Off-Strip intelligence.
No tourist traps.

Vegas has taste now. These are the venues where founders, chefs, and operators actually eat — the places that would work in any major food city, anywhere.

Esther's Kitchen

James Beard-nominated Chef James Trees put the Arts District on Vegas's culinary map. Wood-fired sourdough, handmade pasta, and a 55-seat private dining room that hosts without ego. This is where locals bring out-of-towners to prove Vegas has grown up.

Sparrow + Wolf

Chef Brian Howard left the Strip kitchens of Thomas Keller and Kerry Simon to open this Chinatown gem. Live fire cooking, globally inspired American fare, and a team that treats private events like they matter. USA Today, Forbes, Condé Nast all agree: this is essential Vegas.

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From hidden Chinatown omakase to Strip chef's counters with actual soul. Plus insider moves on booking windows, convention-season survival, and which celebrity venues are worth the markup.

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"Do Not Book" Lists

The landmines we've seen blow up. Venues that photograph well but fail under pressure. This alone is worth the price.

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Pre-built 24-48 hour playbooks for board dinners, client visits, and team offsites. Copy, customize, execute.

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