NYC club maestro launches Vegas outpost that can cost up to $50K in initiation fees: Nothing like Zero Bond here
Zero Bond – the exclusive New York City club beloved by the likes of Jay-Z, Gigi Hadid and former Mayor Eric Adams – is opening a Las Vegas outpost this week.It’s the first Big Apple-style, members-only club to come to Sin City.In a locale known for excess, the club is keeping everything — from fees to the number of members — relatively small.Joining the club located inside the Wynn Las Vegas costs $1,000 for “initiation” plus $2,750 per year.
Members who want to be considered “founders” have to cough up $50,000 in initiation fees, with higher annual dues, too.They get access to the Manhattan club.“In a town where money talks, this is about curation and the quality of the community,” founder Scott Sartiano told Side Dish, who declined to share the number of members he has in mind.The two-story, 15,000-square-foot space, which overlooks a golf course and features a $40 million art collection, is already drawing buzz.
Guests at last weekend’s opening party included Gwynneth Paltrow, Michael Rubin, LeBron James – and Tom Brady and Alix Earle, who arrived separately after sparking romance rumors earlier this year.Doja Cat serenaded the stars.In Sartiano’s view, he’s fulfilling an unmet demand.“Las Vegas is the biggest hospitality market in the world, and there is nothing like Zero Bond in the ecosystem here — just country clubs” and the Discovery Land Company’s exclusive gated community, the Summit Club, he said.Reaching for the highest of the high brow, the new club features a Renoir above the fireplace, a work by contemporary Mexican artist Jorge Pardo, and outdoor sculptures by artists including Joan Miró, Jim Dine, and Robert Indiana.
They’re all for sale and are the fruit of a partnership with Heather James Fine Art.For earthlier delights, there are no fewer than four bars, a central salon, and a cigar room where club members can puff hand-rolled cigars.True to its Vegas setting, the new Zero Bond features a poker room an...