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Boulevard Center Bar, Mini-Pools, Games & Lounging

Stripside Video Billboard for the Las Vegas Cosmoploitan Hotel-Casino.
Copyright by Erik Wunstell © 2011

Looking Southward from the main-pool area of the Cosmopolitan Hotel at their video billboard and Harmon Hotel's newest Viva Elvis sign.


Page One of Four - On Cosmopolitan's Boulevard Pool

I was finally able to get to see and photograph the inside of The Cosmopolitan Hotel on Jan 29th, some forty days
after it opened. I really like the place and spent roughly 5 hours there taking about 600 pictures. That's the good
thing about digital photography. A person can take a ton of pictures, unlike the old days when a photographer
basically just shot a few rolls of 20 exposure film.

But, in this new Age of Instant Digital Photography, the huge batches of photos still need to be processed
and organized into meaningful segments. As for low-light digital photography, it presents a major problem
for me since I use an antiquated 2004 digital camera. It can't photograph and render all the low-light scenery
encountered in shooting inside a new Las Vegas hotel. Hence my need to process this huge batch of photos.

As far as posting all these photos. Well. I'm not going to just throw them up on a few unorganized webpages in
some random order. Nor am I going to post a bunch of thumbnails that people rarely take time to click to see in full
view. I didn't become a photographer, 40 years ago, to make postage-stamp sized photos for webbies to look at
or complain about. This whole "photography thing" is something very meaningful to me. I do this for myself, for
reasons unfathomable to any one else. If you care to view what I do, that's fine. If you don't, that's fine too.

So. What I'm doing is presenting my Cosmo photos in an ordered way on probably about 25 separate webpages
that will be posted over the next few weeks. Each page will show a different area of the hotel and be placed in
categorized parts such as an entire section on Chandelier Bar, The Center Bar (as seen on this page), the Main
Pool (as will be shown on three pages), the Casino Floor, the Vesper Bar, Bond, all Restaurants, the Front
Entrance, the Vehicle Entrance, etc, etc. Each photo will be placed into some type of logical order over the
next upcoming days. It should be interesting. I'm gona love doing it and viewing it. Whether or not you do is
up to you. I really don't care either way. Like I said. I do this for me, with no need or intention to sell anyone
anything or to try to please them in any way. Quite honestly, I can't even afford the bandwidth usage.

Anyhow. Feel free to take a look at these photos if you care to. I ain't gonna stop you.


The Cosmopolitan Vegas Hotel's Video Billboard/Roadsign from the Boulevard Pool Deck Looking Southward Towards the Harmon Hotel's Viva Elvis Sign.
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Full, un-cropped view of the photo above - showing hanging lanterns & Harmon's reflection of Cosmo's east tower.

View from Cosmopolitan Vegas' Pool Area.
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A different angle showing part of the many raised patio areas and umbrellas placed around the pool.

Smaller Pool at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas.
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The Cosmopolitan Vegas Hotel's huge Stripside veranda has three seperate pools which are reached by elevator
and escalators that lead to the fourth-level. This smaller pool is located to the left (south-east) of their main bar.
Ping-pong tables are set-up to the right of this area. To the left are pool tables, foosball games and a lounging
area where patrons can comfortably relax on couches to watch an outdoor wall of eight televisions.

Night View of the Cosmopolitan Vegas' Boulevard Center Bar by the Main Pool Deck.
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The central bar on the main, Stripside veranda is named the Boulevard Center Bar and faces the larger Boulevard Pool.

Cosmopolitan Pool and Boulevard Center Bar.
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This wider view of the Boulevard Center Bar shows a small part of the main pool and one of the several frog statues
that sit in the pool. There are plenty of chaise lounges that surround the pool. This Center Bar serves as the main
drink station for patrons enjoying the three different pools and outdoor game areas. Lots of outdoor heaters are
placed around the veranda (like the one seen at right). One thing that struck me as being very interesting
is how the water in this infinity-style pool is almost completely level with the surrounding sidewalks.

Cosmo's Boulevard Center Bar, Bartender and Patrons.
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Side-view of the Boulevard Center Bar with one of its lively and sociable bartenders. The bar is open at night.
I'll post the hours later. A great view of the Planet Hollywood Hotel is slightly seen in the background.

Daytime Photo of the Boulevard Center Bar.
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Daytime photo of the Boulevard Center Bar and another of its happy bartenders.

Heated Steam Spa Pool at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
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This heated spa-pool is one of the three pools on this level. It's located just to the left of the Boulevard Center Bar.

The Overlook Cafe Restaurant on Cosmopolitan's Veranda.
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Just beyond the spa-pool is the Overlook Restaurant where diners can eat indoors or on tables set outside.

Night-time Photo of the Video Wall on Cosmopolitan's Pool Deck.
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Night view of the Cosmo's outdoor TV Lounge.

Daytime Photo of the Cosmopolitan's Pool Area and TV Lounge.
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This daytime photo shows more detail of the TV Lounge and the smaller pool area where patrons are encouraged
to relax and act like they own the place. Foosball and pool tables are also located in this area.

Cosmopolitan's TV Lounge - Photo Number One
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The Cosmopolitan Hotel's TV Lounge on the Boulevard Pool Veranda.

Cosmopolitan's TV Lounge - Photo Number Two.
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The TV Lounge has eight, large TV screens set to various channels and twelve, plush couch-chairs.

Cosmopolitan's TV Lounge - Photo Number Three.
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Drink service is provided in the TV Lounge, where it's easy to see that patrons can enjoy a laid-back experience.

Cosmopolitan Vegas Hotel's Foosball Tables.
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Two of Cosmo's foosball tables are seen here next to the TV Lounge. The Main Pool area can be seen in the background.

Outdoor Pool Playing at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
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Two of the three outdoor pool tables set-up on the Cosmo's Stripside veranda, next to the TV Lounge.

Outdoor Ping Pong Tables at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
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On this lawned area, across from the TV Lounge, are more pool tables and ping-pong tables.

Outdoor Pinball Machine at the Vegas Cosmopolitan.
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There are lots of unexpected surprises, like this outdoor pinball machine, placed around the pool area.

Close-up of the Fish Tales Pinball Machine at Cosmopolitan.
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This particular pinball machine is named Fish Tales.

Photo Three of Cosmopolitan's Pinball Machine.
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The Cosmopolitan has lots of unexpected things placed around its hotel's exterior and interior. Another
pinball machine is located inside the hotel's hidden pizza parlor (seen on an up-coming webpage here).


Boulevard Pool Photos - Coming Next Week

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Photo of the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan taken from the south-east corner of the Stripside Veranda.

I had to use HDR (High-Dynamic Range) photography on this photo in order to show the areas that normally would
only be seen as deep shadows. HDR is somewhat of a photographic trade-off in the option of choosing between
presenting a "pretty" photo versus a more "informative" one. In most instances I try showing the more
"informative" style of photos for the sake of the visitors that like visiting this website.

I'll honestly tell you something. Making "pretty pictures" isn't actually my goal on this website. Anytime a
person tries photographing outdoors in Las Vegas, deep shadows and darkness are issues that need to be dealt
with. Sometimes you'll see lots of HDR in my pictures & other times you won't. I chose as the situation requires.

Next week I'll be posting two or three more pages that show the Main Pool and the views that can be seen of
the Strip from this veranda deck. Please return again if you want, because the Main Pool is a great sight to see.


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