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b'Palms invented the Vegas nightclub.\\xa0 Posh, over-the-top environments where the\\nbeautiful people congregate to see and be seen.\\xa0\\nMany mocked the financial viability of creating a diversion that keeps\\npeople from gambling for extended periods of time.\\xa0 Not only did Maloof prove them wrong, he did\\nit so well, it drew people away from the strip at night. Now, nightclubs are\\none of the most profitable amenities Vegas properties offer. \\n\\nEventually, as happens so many times in\\nVegas, the idea was replicated all over the strip and is now another Vegas\\nstaple.\\xa0 They\\u2019ve become so popular that\\nit gave birth to the idea of day clubs.\\xa0\\nDespite breathtaking views of the strip from the top of their towers,\\nPalms are no longer a major player in the game they invented.\\xa0 That brings us to the present\\n\\nThe clubs that once caused long lines\\nnightly, advertising exclusivity have become displaced in the market.\\xa0 Retheming and renovations are underway in an attempt\\nto return to glory but his has them in a period of transition.\\xa0 The Playboy club has now been transformed\\ninto the View, A place where people can relax, play some pool and enjoy a drink\\nas well as the view from atop their fantasy tower.\\xa0 Now that Ghostbar\\u2019s renovations are complete,\\nMoon is closed so she can undergo the same changes, having lived the shortest\\nlife span of the nightclubs at the property.\\xa0\\nThe odds are long that Palms will be able to reclaim their thrown as\\nnightlife lords but then again, the same was said about those clubs ever being successful\\nin the first place so they are trying.\\xa0\\nOnly time will tell if they are successful.'