{"id":1912,"date":"2025-02-18T19:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/drais-beachclub-and-nightclub-celebrates-a-decade-of-las-vegas-strip-parties\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T19:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:31:42","slug":"drais-beachclub-and-nightclub-celebrates-a-decade-of-las-vegas-strip-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/drais-beachclub-and-nightclub-celebrates-a-decade-of-las-vegas-strip-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Drai\u2019s Beachclub and Nightclub celebrates a decade of Las Vegas Strip parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Not many people can boast about opening a nightclub before they turn 21. Dustin Drai isn\u2019t most people.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the launch of Drai\u2019s Nightclub and Beachclub in 2014, Drai had a hand in nearly everything pertaining to his father\u2019s next mega-project at the Cromwell on the Las Vegas Strip. After the success of Drai\u2019s After Hours and XS Nightclub at Wynn, all eyes were firmly affixed on nightlife legend Victor Drai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like, \u2018What\u2019s Victor Drai\u2019s next project going to be? Is it going to be better than XS?\u2019 There always was that comparison between the two clubs, especially when we first opened,\u201d says Dustin Drai, president of Drai\u2019s Management Group.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n        .caption, .photo-byline {\n            font-size: 0.85em;\n        }\n\n        .caption::after {\n            content: \". \";\n        }\n    ]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"inline inline-photo inline-right\">\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"inlinePhotoWrap\">\n        <a class=\"inline-image\" href=\"http:\/\/lasvegasweekly.com\/photos\/2024\/may\/22\/905598\/\" title=\"Click to open photo detail\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.lasvegasweekly.com\/img\/photos\/2024\/05\/23\/Drais_Victor_and_Dustin_Gray_KPG_173-Edit_t300.png?bc8f91a32a1fe7063c1735aaff50741302861a35\" alt=\"Dustin and Victor Drai\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"caption\">Dustin and Victor Drai<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"photo-byline\">Photo by Courtesy<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- \/inlinePhotoWrap --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/inline-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere was definitely a sense of him wanting to make something bigger, better, more extravagant, more luxurious, and kind of competing with himself,\u201d he continues. \u201cIt\u2019s a testament to his skill in the nightlife world, the fact that he\u2019s designed XS, Drai\u2019s and both of them are still there over 10 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swedish house heavyweight Eric Prydz christened the 65,000-square-foot rooftop oasis during its Memorial Day weekend grand opening, and the pursuit of high-profile talent only continued from there. Over the next decade, Drai\u2019s would become a hip-hop and R&amp;B concert destination, bucking against EDM trends to create a platform for artists like Chris Brown, Migos, 50 Cent, Gucci Mane and Big Sean to shine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve established ourselves into the fabric of the Las Vegas community,\u201d Drai says. \u201cA big factor in our longevity is that people have become so attached to the brand over the past 30 years that it almost would be hard to see it go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drai\u2019s will soon expand its portfolio once again with Drai\u2019s Dallas, a modern supper club that Drai describes as a return to \u201cthe roots of what the Drai\u2019s brand started as.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrai\u2019s Vegas will always be the crown jewel of what we do, but my vision for the next 10 years is to create something that\u2019s a little bit smaller, more intimate,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Drai\u2019s celebrates the holiday and birthday weekend in a big way, with Sean Paul, Wiz Khalifa, Trey Songz, Cardi B and Moneybagg Yo on the day-and-night lineup May 24-26.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DRAI\u2019S 10TH\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION\u00a0<\/strong><em>May 28, 10 p.m., $20-$30+. Drai\u2019s Nightclub, <a href=\"http:\/\/lasvegasweekly.com\/\/nightlife\/2024\/may\/23\/drais-beachclub-and-nightclub-celebrates-a-decade\/https;\/\/draisgroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draisgroup.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Memorable moments:\u00a0<\/strong>Dustin Drai looks back at some standouts from the first 10 years<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Hosting basketball champs\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019re able to celebrate a lot of championship parties at Drai\u2019s for all of these different sporting events, starting with the Golden State Warriors. They came and had a huge championship celebratory party a couple years ago. We [also] got to celebrate the Las Vegas Aces\u2019 back-to-back years. It\u2019s really awesome to see what the Aces have been doing over the past couple of years, and for them to call Drai\u2019s home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Weeknd\u2019s residency\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cHe was doing full hour-long performances on our stage consistently. He was already a superstar and we could all see it, but he had not gotten to that level yet. To say he was a Drai\u2019s resident at one point in his career, and now he\u2019s selling out massive, 100,000-person arenas &#8230; that\u2019s definitely a big memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed Sheeran\u2019s surprise\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe had a night where Ed Sheeran, another megastar, popped up on stage and just started singing and dancing. He was there visiting somebody and next thing you know, he\u2019s backstage being like, \u2018I want to jump on.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Hart\u2019s comedy hour\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cHe was having a good time, and he jumps on stage, grabs a mic, stops the music, tells everyone basically to shut up and starts cracking jokes about the artists. Everyone looks at each other like, \u2018Is Kevin Hart really doing a full stand-up comedy show in the middle of a nightclub at 2:30 in the morning?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlikely collabs\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIt was a Meek Mill performance and the club was packed. Next thing you know, we end up with about five or six of our artists all on stage. Meek Mill, Jeezy, I think Chris [Brown] was there, and James Harden jumped on stage. Imagine a house party with this level of celebrity, talent and so forth, and you also have 3,000 of your other best friends in the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future\u2019s post-COVID performance\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWhen he performed \u2018Mask Off,\u2019 I swear the building was shaking. It was in June. We had just come back from [COVID] restrictions. The symbolism of the song and the symbolism of the night, the fact that we\u2019d reopened, the fact that we had Future performing\u2014he was also one of our original superstars back in the day\u2014it was this checklist of wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>F1 on deck\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLast year, when they brought a McLaren [Formula 1] car and lifted it up off the Strip and put it onto our pool deck &#8230; If that\u2019s not the most Vegas thing you could think of.\u201d <em>\u2013Amber Sampson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=0012UVvq9vDWuw26NdK6-VSo_ku-YlCQaS4kf95Z3XopdZNngEr735_LU5nc4LSkMzbu9nZz464PahWExUe_ay-SdsLlYugxP23uBGEtkPjcKM%3D\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe for free to the Weekly Fix, the digital edition of Las Vegas Weekly! 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