Editorial
Vegas does rooftops the way it does everything, perched on casino towers and priced to match. The real ones put you hundreds of feet over the Strip, open air, weather permitting. Three held up to checking for 2026.
Sixty-four floors up at the Delano, mostly an indoor sky lounge with a slim open-air balcony bolted on. The 180-degree view down the south Strip is the reason to come. Cocktails run 18 to 22 dollars. It opens Friday to Tuesday from 5pm, so check the calendar. Best at dusk, before the DJ pushes the volume.
Back on the roof of the Rio, fifty-one floors over the west side, with one of the widest views of the Strip in town. It runs Friday and Saturday nights plus a daily Sunset Social Hour from 6 to 8pm with free entry and drink specials. The cocktails are fine; the view does the work. Go at sunset.
The revolving room at the top of the Strat, more than 800 feet up, turning a full circle every 80 minutes. It is a fine-dining restaurant first, but the bar takes walk-ins waiting on tables and pours with the same 360-degree view. Drinks are steep and so is the dress code. Come for the altitude and the slow spin.
Skyfall and VooDoo are the two that deliver a true open-air Strip view. Most Vegas rooftops run latest from 8pm to midnight, weather permitting.
Seven names from the earlier list were cut this update. Foundation Room is closed and rebranding to the Vinyl Room, Hyde Bellagio shut years ago, and Alibi and Oddwood are ground-level lounges, not rooftops.