RAIN offers the ultimate nightclub experience, with multiple VIP areas available in the form of sky boxes (with thumbprint-screening access for members), cabana areas and water booths (where the patent leather banquettes are actually filled with water). Lavish special effects throughout the club include intelligent lighting and electrifying play of water, fire and fog. The pleasures of Rain in the Desert lie in its contradictions. Like the hotel-casino that hosts it, the club was built for locals but encourages out-of-state visitors to leave the Strip and party down. It is cavernous without feeling impersonal, is unique without being gimmicky and is elegant without being pretentious.