text: Yes, it is the most expensive club ever built and yes, they gross more $$ than any other club in the country. That being said I had much higher expectations, and I have much higher standards. In short, the lighting, ambience, pool and barstaff would earn XS 7/5 stars... but they lose 4 of those. What XS gains in notoriety and prestige, they lack in logistics, personality and judgment.\n\nUpon arrival you find a confusing set of lines that took 30 minutes (Sober) to differentiate and walk from one to the other. Security is rude, not even allowing you to stand in the lobby for a minute before you are barked at. The staff inside the club is no better. 95 degree evening weather and drunken patrons warrant ice water poolside, as Drai's in Hollywood once offered me. What you find at XS  is $8 bottles of water. I'm pretty sure fire code requires a second exit in a club (expecially when booked past capacity). It took 20 minutes for us two ladies to reach the exit, and when we tried to take a short cut out security practically ripped our heads off!\n\nThis isn't Hollywood, the velvet rope doesn't part because you are beautiful or because of who you are. It's all about the Benjamins at XS. The girls wait in line and pay a cover too. But if you can't afford bottle service and you don't want to wait in line behind 100+ people at 1 a.m., use your brain and you will figure it out. Better yet if you want to check out a hot new Vegas Club on the Strip, go to Marquee.