btw when I was in Vegas last year for business, I was taking a taxi from the airport to Mandalay Bay and there was a brochure showing all the different attractions, events and night life. On one page there was a shot of Paul Pierce surrounded by beautiful honies partying it up at Tao. I decided, "If Tao is good enough for Paul Pierce... it's good enough for me". Unfortunately we didn't plan ahead and didn't realize that Tao wouldn't let us in unless we had an equal number of females with us.
We ended up at some club in the Luxor and the next night we ended up getting free passes to XS from a guy who works at Encore (the other club mentioned in the article). Found out from the guy that XS is the only club in Vegas that consistently brings in over a million dollars every Friday and Saturday night. Partially because you need to reserve a table for at least 500 bucks and get bottle service (I think the bottles start at 300 each) even to get in the door. Makes sense. It was the craziest club I've ever been to, though. Awesome experience. Vegas is insane. Those clubs are out of control. I can sorta imagine what kind of VIP treatment high rolling celebrities get when they go there. Let's not be too naive, folks. Nothing LeBron did in that article is out of the norm for a mid 20s sports mega-god when partying in Vegas. Could have been a heck of a lot worse, really.
That article was tame compared to what I imagine ACTUALLY happens when celebrities get VIP treatment at insane dance clubs.