Las Vegas Nightclubs figure prominently as nominees at this year’s Club World Awards. Winners will be selected by a panel of 12 industry-veteran, expert judges (whose identities will not be revealed until after the envelopes are sealed), and will be announced on www.clubworldawards.com and www.clubworld.us, where a full copy of the special January/February Club World Award issue can also be found.

The Club World Awards is presented by Club World, the only magazine devoted to the look, sound, and feel of nightclubs. Launched in July 2000 as Club Systems International, the bi-monthly publication covers the world’s best venues from technical, business, and aesthetic perspectives.

Here are the nominees. Who do you think should win?

best Superclub
• Circa, Toronto
• Palladium, Acapulco
• Pacha, New York
• Rain, Las Vegas
• Pure, Las Vegas
• The Pool at Harrah’s, Atlantic City

best Club
• Beta, Denver
• Cielo, New York
• LAX, Las Vegas
• Ruby Skye, San Francisco
• Smart Bar, Chicago
• Stereo @ Parkwest, Miami

best Lounge
• Aero Bar, Miami Beach
• Apple Lounge, West Hollywood
• Mynt Lounge, Miami Beach
• Playboy Club, Las Vegas
• Slide, San Francisco
• Tabú Ultra Lounge, Las Vegas

best New
• Beta, Denver
• Home, St. Louis
• Lavo, Las Vegas
• Privé, Las Vegas
• Shrine, Connecticut
• Versus, Los Angeles

best Sound System
• Mike McCray of Speed of Sound and Sound Investment for Beta, Denver
• FBP Group for Body English, Las Vegas
• Systems by Shorty for Splash Bar, New York
• Louis Puig and David Padilla for Stereo @ Parkwest, Miami
• The Pool at Harrah’s, Atlantic City
• Advanced Audio Technology for Glo, Westbury, NY

best Lighting System
• Greg Lawson for Aero Bar, Miami Beach
• Lighting Methods for Glo, Westbury, NY
• FBP Group for Lavo, Las Vegas
• Lighting Methods for Palladium, Acapulco
• SJ Lighting for Versus, Los Angeles

best Video System
• FBP Group for Lavo, Las Vegas
• Ohm Productions for Tattoo Bar DC, Washington, D.C.
• SJ Lighting and Sound Investment for Rokvegas, Las Vegas
• Mike McCray for Beta, Denver
• US Communications for Hawaiian Tropic Zone, Las Vegas

best Interior Design
• Seed Design for Christian Audigier, Las Vegas
• Jeffrey Beers International for Fuse, Nashville
• AvroKO for Lavo, Las Vegas
• Deepsleep Studio for Parkwest, Miami
• Niemitz Design for Shrine, Connecticut
• Aramik Gragosian for Versus, Los Angeles

best One-Off
• DJ AM and Travis Barker Live at LAX, Las Vegas
• Labor Day with Kaskade and Deadmau5 at Wet Republic,
Las Vegas
• Made Event & Pacha, One Night Only: An AM Only Event at Karu & Y, Miami
• N9Ne Group, Midsummer’s Night Dream at Palms Pool, Las Vegas
• Made Event, Sunday School for Degenerates at Pawn Shop, Miami
• Steve Lockwood, Vegas Blondeshell Awards, Jet, Las Vegas

best Party
• Summer Surprise Series at Pure, Las Vegas
• Aquatic at The Pool at Harrah’s, Atlantic City
• Dance.Here.Now at Cielo, New York
• Glow at Ibiza, Washington, D.C.
• Godskitchen at Body English, Las Vegas
• Perfecto at Rain, Las Vegas

best Resident DJ
• Colette, Smart Bar Chicago
• DJ Vice, Lavo Las Vegas
• François K, Cielo New York
• Oscar G, Space Miami
• Paul Oakenfold, Rain Las Vegas
• Victor Calderone, Pacha New York

best Resident LJ
• Eric Moyano, Bliss Lounge New Jersey
• Eyeball, Mixx, Atlantic City
• Jeff Novak, LAX, Las Vegas
• Jose Vargas, Glo Westbury, NY
• Matt Beecher, mur.mur., Atlantic City
• Timmy Lights, Pacha New York

best Resident VJ
• DVDJ G-Funk, Beta Denver
• Eyeball, Mixx, Atlantic City
• Roonie G, Saddle Ranch, Los Angeles
• VJ Psyberpixie, Set, Miami Beach
• United Vision, Pacha New York

best DJ Set
• Danny Tenaglia, “Futurism” Album Release Party, Pacha New York, August 2
• David Guetta, Pacha NYC presents David Guetta, March 21
• DJ AM and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Shrine Connecticut, July 4
• The Martinez Brothers, ÉTÉ D’AMOUR at Santos Party House New York, August 7
• Kaskade, SF Love Fest at Ruby Skye, October 3
• Erick Morillo, Tao Las Vegas Memorial Day Weekend,
May 25

best Bottle Service
• Christian Audigier, Las Vegas
• LAX, Las Vegas
• Shrine, Connecticut
• Tabú Ultra Lounge, Las Vegas
• The Bank, Las Vegas