Rain in the Desert at Palms

Outside, the scene is chaos--swarms of starry-eyed tourists and well-connected locals jockey for position in one of many poorly defined lines. The club is a deceptively large 25,000 square feet, but the main room's relatively small, elevated dance floor steals the show. Accessible via two drawbridges, it features elaborate water displays, pyrotechnics, fog clouds and overhead lighting, which oscillates to the ferocious beats of house, hip-hop and Top-40 mixes.