The assassins' bars inside AREA15 are trading gunmetal cool for candlelight and costume masks this Friday. The John Wick Experience is set to host The Masquerade on October 23, a black-tie, mandatory-mask affair running from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Las Vegas attraction, open only to guests 21 and older.
According to dogfriendlylasvegas.com, the event will be held at the John Wick Experience at AREA15, and tickets include access to both of its bars, a specialty drink voucher, a live DJ and entry into the Best Masquerade Ensemble Contest. The venue sits inside AREA15 at 3222 W. Desert Inn Road, per the John Wick Experience's own FAQ page, which also notes that reservations for the attraction are mandatory and must be booked online in advance.
Black Tie, Masks and a Night of Villainy
The official event page for the Masquerade Ball lists a live DJ, a magician and an airbrush tattoo artist among the night's entertainment, and spells out a strict dress code: black-tie required, masquerade masks mandatory. That page also describes the evening as a transformation of the John Wick Experience, the John Wick Las Vegas Continental Bar and the Unseen Bar into a full Halloween affair.
The dress code creates an odd wrinkle against the venue's everyday rules. The same FAQ page lists guests wearing masks, face paint or costumes among those normally prohibited from entry, though it does not explain whether the Masquerade counts as an exception to that general policy.
Two Ticket Tiers, One Local Charity
Listings from the Nevada SPCA describe two ways in for the October 23 event. The Bar Experience includes entry to the Unseen Bar, one specialty cocktail, entry into the costume contest and a collectible John Wick Experience coin, while the Full Experience adds general-admission access to the John Wick Experience itself along with access to both bars and two specialty cocktails, on top of the contest entry and coin.
Shoppers who use the code PAWSPATROLLVMASQ at checkout will send 15% of their ticket purchase to Paws Patrol LV, the dog-rescue nonprofit says in its writeup of the partnership. It is the latest charitable tie-in for the recurring party series; a retrospective account from Couch Soup describes an earlier Masquerade that raised money for the Nevada SPCA through a silent auction, where a guitar signed by the Bee Gees sold for $550.
How This Year Compares to the First Masquerade
That earlier event, described by Couch Soup as the Las Vegas Continental's first Masquerade, charged $39.99 for bar access with one drink token or $79.99 for access to both the experience and the bar with two drink tokens and a collectible gold coin. The site's account does not include a date for that gathering, so it is not presented here as a detail of this Friday's event, only as background on how the series has unfolded before.
As first reported by KLAS 8 News Now, this Friday's gathering will again feature a DJ, specialty cocktails and the Best Masquerade Ensemble Contest, keeping the costume competition as a centerpiece of the night. For guests 21 and older willing to suit up in black tie and strap on a mask, the assassins' lair at AREA15 is ready for one more night of villainy with a charitable twist.
