A club taking over the former Foundation Room is putting the “high” in hi-fi.
Vinyl Room, its title nodding to its collection of vintage albums, is taking over the rooftop spot where Foundation Room operated from March 1999 through its shutdown last fall.
The opening is scheduled for August, nearly a year after the space went dark.
Now, as before, Live Nation and MGM Resorts International are ownership partners and Live Nation and operates the space. The company emphasizes the 63rd-floor club’s “sweeping” views of the Strip, same as before, but a totally overhauled design hearkening to 1970s Japanese listening lounges.
Thousands of albums are on display. Live, late-night entertainment is promised. The new Vinyl Room is a sister club of the venue inside Hollywood Palladium, which opened in 2026.
Annual membership starts at $2,000. Go to premium.livenation.com/venue/vinyl-room for intel.
“Vinyl Room celebrates Las Vegas and its rich music history. There’s no other lounge on the Strip quite like this one,” Live Nation Las Vegas President Kurt Melien said in a statement announcing Vinyl’s plans Monday morning. “From the moment you walk in, you’ll be surrounded by vinyl records from the iconic artists who’ve shaped this city’s legacy as the entertainment capital of the world, all set against some of the best views of the Vegas skyline.”
The first, and at this writing only, IG post from the club shows an individual firing up a record player player as a wooden crate marked VINYL is delivered to Mandalay Bay. A piano-driven instrumental tune, and the unmistakable crackle of an album, plays in the background.
Vinyl Room’s menu is based on the music provided. Rum-based Golden Years (ode to David Bowie) and vodka-based House of the Rising Sun (from the Animals) are listed. Such Asian flavors as Sushi Tots, Chili Crunch Chicken Wings, and the Japanese dessert staple Taiyaki are offered.
The new venue will be open seven days a week. Reservations are available, and walk-up access is available.
We reported Vinyl Room impending takeover twice in March in coverage of competing Zero Bond at Wynn and other similarly scaled nightspots operating in the city. Along with Zero Bond, The Poodle Room at Fontainebleau, Allē Lounge on 66 at Resorts World Las Vegas, and Circa’s Legacy Club in downtown Las Vegas trumpet heightened experience with views of the Strip.
The chic Doberman Drawing Room in the Arts District offers exclusive membership packages, but is open to the public.
Mandalay Bay itself offers a few other boutique-themed, late-night clubs on the resort’s ground level. Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce opened on New Year’s Eve and operates at the escalators leading to Mandalay Place. The 1923 Prohibition Bar is just up those escalators. Neither is the same as what’s in store upstairs at Vinyl Room, and those who run the clubs are betting there are enough players to fill the playground.
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