XS Las Vegas Reopens With 1,200 Kinetic Pendants

XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas is open again after a full redesign. Wynn Nightlife marked the reopening with four nights of shows from November 5 to 8, according to the Wynn newsroom.

RÜFÜS DU SOL played a DJ set on opening night. The Chainsmokers, Calvin Harris and Diplo B2B HUGEL followed.

A ceiling that moves

The biggest change hangs overhead. Wynn describes a “constellation of 1,200 kinetic pendants” inside sculptural gold structures. The pendants let the room change character through the night.

The new design also includes a custom aperture centerpiece and textured, gold-mirrored high-resolution LED screens. Wynn calls the look “retro-futurist,” built on brass, bronze and chrome. According to the release, Wynn designed the audio and lighting systems exclusively for XS.

The DJ booth carries the same mirrored gold finish. Wynn says it hides subwoofers and center-fill speakers inside the booth’s structure, so guests hear the sound without seeing the speakers.

Same size, new chapter

XS covers more than 40,000 square feet. It holds 1,840 guests indoors and up to 3,121 with its outdoor areas, per Wynn. The club first opened in December 2008 in the Encore Esplanade.

“The new XS is not a departure from its legacy. It’s the next chapter of it,” said Michael Wood. He is vice president of creative at Wynn Design & Development.

Three months of work

The club closed on August 1 for the renovation, DJ Mag and Vegas Report report. Vegas Report adds that Wynn moved its nightlife programming to Encore Beach Club at Night during construction.

Billboard calls this XS’s first-ever remodel. The outlet notes that the club added $10 million in new lighting, sound effects and technology in 2015. Wynn first announced the reopening and its lineup on August 18.

Wynn says it will announce more artists in the coming weeks.