Lisa Vanderpump's New Strip Hotel Just Handed Vegas Couples Two Fresh Reception Spaces

The newly opened Vanderpump Hotel, built inside the former Cromwell, arrived with a moody cocktail lounge and a sprawling rooftop deck that both double nicely as wedding reception backdrops. Here's what's actually there.

A Strip Landmark Gets a Full Makeover

For years, the Cromwell sat at the corner of the Strip and Flamingo as a fairly quiet boutique property overshadowed by its flashier neighbors. That changed this summer when Lisa Vanderpump, the Bravo personality turned hospitality entrepreneur, partnered with Caesars Entertainment to reimagine the entire building as the Vanderpump Hotel, marking her first full resort takeover on the Strip itself.

Reservations opened in late May, and the property held a formal grand opening celebration on June 11. The 188 rooms and suites now lean into what Vanderpump has described as a bold, elegant look, built with her Vanderpump Alain design line and mixing moss greens with dusty lilac tones instead of the generic Strip-hotel palette most travelers expect.

GIADA, the Italian restaurant from chef Giada De Laurentiis, along with a Starbucks and the Interlude casino lounge, kept operating through the transition, so the changes are concentrated in the lobby, the gaming floor, and two brand-new spaces built specifically for smaller gatherings and events.

Gigolo: A Tucked-Away Lounge Built for Small Celebrations

The most obvious new addition sits just off the lobby, across from the sportsbook. Gigolo is an intimate cocktail room dressed in black velvet banquettes, crystal fixtures overhead, and touches of deep red throughout, with a circular bar anchoring the middle of the space. It seats around fifty people, which puts it squarely in territory that suits a welcome cocktail hour or a compact reception rather than a full ballroom event.

The menu runs toward specialty cocktails, caviar service, and shareable bites, all built with an eye toward feeling like a private club rather than a hotel bar. For a couple planning a smaller Vegas wedding, that kind of setting can do a lot of the decorating work on its own, since the room already reads as curated and a little theatrical before a single flower gets added.

It won't replace a dedicated event department with banquet captains and printed menus, but as a place to gather twenty or thirty guests after a ceremony elsewhere on the Strip, Gigolo gives couples a genuinely new option that didn't exist at this address a year ago.

Soleia: Room to Spread Out Eleven Stories Up

For anything bigger than a cocktail-hour crowd, the hotel's rooftop answer is Soleia, a pool club and event deck perched eleven floors above the Strip. The layout includes cabanas, scattered lounge seating, and food and drink service across a deck that runs to roughly 65,000 square feet, giving planners real flexibility to carve out a ceremony area, a lounge zone, and a dance floor without everything feeling crammed together.

Because the space sits above the street noise but still frames the Strip's skyline, it plays well for both daytime and evening bookings, something few rooftop venues manage equally. Vanderpump has said the broader goal for the property was to build something with what she called a unique atmosphere, and the rooftop is where that ambition has the most physical room to show up.

Drai's After Hours, the nightclub space that predates this renovation, remains available too, and hospitality listings have already started positioning it as a flexible option for receptions that want a nightclub's energy rather than a rooftop's open air.

What This Actually Means for Anyone Planning a Vegas Wedding

Las Vegas doesn't lack for venues, but most of the newest additions this year have leaned either toward theme-park spectacle or restored historic estates. The Vanderpump Hotel is neither. It's a straightforward boutique Strip property with two distinct, ready-made event spaces that didn't exist here before, one built for a tight guest list and one built for a bigger one.

That matters because it gives couples a middle option between an elaborate themed chapel and a full resort ballroom booking, especially for anyone who wants their reception photos to look like they happened somewhere with an actual design point of view rather than a generic function room. Both spaces are new enough that availability and packages are still being sorted out, so anyone interested should expect to call and ask rather than find a polished wedding page ready to go.

Clark County's marriage bureau processed more than 70,000 licenses over the past year, and every fresh venue that opens on the Strip adds one more reason that number keeps climbing rather than shrinking. A boutique hotel with a moody lounge and a sky-high deck is just the latest entry in a very long list, and one more reason to keep an open mind while you plan your Las Vegas wedding.

5 Ways to Work the New Vanderpump Hotel Into a Vegas Wedding Weekend

Neither space at the hotel is a turnkey wedding chapel yet, but here's how couples are already thinking about using them.

1. Book Gigolo for a welcome cocktail hour: The lounge's small footprint and moody design make it a natural spot to gather guests the night before the ceremony.
2. Reserve Soleia for the reception itself: With cabanas and open-air lounge seating, the rooftop deck can realistically hold a dinner, dancing, and a dedicated bar setup.
3. Block hotel rooms for out-of-town guests: With 188 redesigned rooms on-site, a couple can house most of a wedding party without shuttling anyone off the Strip.
4. Pair it with a Strip photographer: The lobby, lounge, and rooftop each read as distinct backdrops, giving a photographer several looks without leaving the building.
5. Ask about off-peak weekday dates: Newer venues are often more flexible on pricing and availability before their calendars fill in, especially midweek.
6. Consider Drai's After Hours for a nightclub-style reception: Couples wanting a livelier, later-running party have this existing space as an alternative to the rooftop's open-air setting.

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